Controllers noticed problem with pilot accused of being drunk, airport officials said

The Satellite Beach father accused of trying to fly a plane while drunk is no longer welcome at the Melbourne International Airport, now that officials there have pulled his badge there.
 
Investigators said Christopher Hall ran his plane into a communications shed Wednesday afternoon.
 
Airport officials said the plane is now sitting in a secure hangar and that Federal Aviation Administration representatives have looked at the plane.
 
Hall bonded out on jail, where he was being held on charges of reckless operation of a vessel and child abuse without harm.

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The Melbourne Airport Police Department suspects Hall was under the influence Wednesday when he asked the control tower for permission to get onto the runway. 
 
Hall, an engineer, was preparing to take his 10-year-old son on a trip to Ohio, while his wife vacationed in Hawaii.
 
"Skymaster 32 Mike, I haven't given you any instructions of any kind, sir, hold your position, refile, your IFR flight plan and call me when you're ready for it, and ready to taxi," an air traffic controller said to Hall has he prepared to fly out of Melbourne International Airport Wednesday.
 
Officials at the airport said air traffic controllers knew something was wrong. They said controllers had no intention of allowing him access to the runway.
 
They said that's when he rolled his twin-engine Cessna Skymaster 337 off the taxiway and into a communications shed.
 
According to his arrest report, when police arrived Hall smelled of alcohol. The report said his speech was slurred, and his eyes appeared bloodshot.
 
Investigators said they found a half-empty,opened bottle of cognac and an unopened bottle of wine"  on the plane.
 
Hall did not respond to questions as he left jail.
 
The FAA will conduct an investigation into the incident.