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An air crew; after having applied takeoff thrust; heard a radio call that stated that an aircraft had snow contamination on its left inboard flap. Thinking that the call may have been meant for them; they rejected the takeoff. The call was not for them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1242197 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Following a delayed taxi; logan tower cleared aircraft X for takeoff on runway 27. After takeoff thrust was set an aircraft on tower frequency declared that aircraft had snow contamination on its left inboard flap. After hearing the ambiguous radio call; I decided the safest course of action was to reject the take off. After clearing the active runway the copilot queried the tower which aircraft had the contaminated surface. The tower stated that the radio call was directed act another aircraft. Facing another lengthy delay taxi to the active runway I elected to return to the gate for more fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air crew; after having applied takeoff thrust; heard a radio call that stated that an aircraft had snow contamination on its left inboard flap. Thinking that the call may have been meant for them; they rejected the takeoff. The call was not for them.
Narrative: Following a delayed taxi; Logan Tower cleared Aircraft X for takeoff on runway 27. After takeoff thrust was set an aircraft on Tower frequency declared that aircraft had snow contamination on its left inboard flap. After hearing the ambiguous radio call; I decided the safest course of action was to reject the take off. After clearing the active runway the copilot queried the Tower which aircraft had the contaminated surface. The Tower stated that the radio call was directed act another aircraft. Facing another lengthy delay taxi to the active runway I elected to return to the gate for more fuel.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.