Wheel-barrowing is a problem that may occur in an aeroplane with a tricycle gear configuration during takeoff or landing.
This form of wheelbarrowing is easily avoided by the pilot applying back-pressure to the elevator control during the takeoff roll to reduce the weight supported by the nose wheel.
[2] Depending on the severity of the wheel-barrowing, damage to the aircraft can be quite extensive: The propeller of a single engine airplane may strike the ground, damaging it and the engine.
A wing can be damaged by striking the ground as the aircraft pivots over the nose-wheel and one main wheel.
Wheel-barrowing may also be caused with a tricycle gear when the turn radius is too sharp for the speed of the aircraft on the ground – much like a child on a tricycle taking too sharp a turn.