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Air carrier captain reported a rejected takeoff due to the red runway incursion warning light activating during their takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1717506 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Our aircraft was cleared for takeoff. The first officer was pilot flying. Normal transfer from me to him. First officer pushed power up and I did final thrust adjustments and called out 'thrust set'...all systems normal.' after adjusting thrust I looked out at the runway and noticed the red take off hold lights illuminate. I called out reject; took control of the aircraft and did the reject procedure. We were at approximately 80 knots. We called tower; cleared the runway; reviewed the qrc reject checklist and did the brake cooling chart. We went back to the gate to have a brake inspection per the operations manual guidance. I informed tower that the red thl lights had illuminated after we began our roll and tower said they did not know why. There were no vehicles or aircraft on the runway that would have triggered the lights. I suggested they deactivate the system if that was the case. Good crew coordination with my excellent first officer. Not sure why the lights illuminated but the runway was clear and they were not on when we began the take off roll.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a rejected takeoff due to the red runway incursion warning light activating during their takeoff.
Narrative: Our aircraft was cleared for takeoff. The First Officer was pilot flying. Normal transfer from me to him. First Officer pushed power up and I did final thrust adjustments and called out 'thrust set'...all systems normal.' After adjusting thrust I looked out at the runway and noticed the red take off hold lights illuminate. I called out reject; took control of the aircraft and did the reject procedure. We were at approximately 80 knots. We called tower; cleared the runway; reviewed the QRC reject checklist and did the brake cooling chart. We went back to the gate to have a brake inspection per the operations manual guidance. I informed tower that the red THL lights had illuminated after we began our roll and Tower said they did not know why. There were no vehicles or aircraft on the runway that would have triggered the lights. I suggested they deactivate the system if that was the case. Good crew coordination with my excellent First Officer. Not sure why the lights illuminated but the runway was clear and they were not on when we began the take off roll.
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.