Air carrier X issued takeoff clearance with air carrier Y on runway.

Attributes
ACN	203157
Time
Date	199202
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	203157
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 13000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier X was in position and cleared for takeoff. We were starting to spool our engines when our flight engineer said that it looked like air carrier Y was still on the runway. I rejected the takeoff and asked the tower if the runway was clear and where was air carrier Y. The tower said that air carrier Y was clear of the runway. I said that we could see a flashing red light at the end of the runway and the tower said that air carrier Y was north of the runway at the end of 9R. At this point air carrier Y said that they would be clearing the runway momentarily. Due to the length of 9R only the flight engineer saw air carrier Y rotating beacon which blended into the city's lights to the east. Neither pilot nor the FAA observer, who was on the jumpseat, saw the rotating beacon until we focused at the end of the runway. It appears that the facility was under manned as the local controller was working clearance, ground control and tower local.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X ISSUED TKOF CLRNC WITH ACR Y ON RWY.

Narrative: ACR X WAS IN POS AND CLRED FOR TKOF. WE WERE STARTING TO SPOOL OUR ENGS WHEN OUR FLT ENGINEER SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE ACR Y WAS STILL ON THE RWY. I REJECTED THE TKOF AND ASKED THE TWR IF THE RWY WAS CLR AND WHERE WAS ACR Y. THE TWR SAID THAT ACR Y WAS CLR OF THE RWY. I SAID THAT WE COULD SEE A FLASHING RED LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RWY AND THE TWR SAID THAT ACR Y WAS N OF THE RWY AT THE END OF 9R. AT THIS POINT ACR Y SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE CLRING THE RWY MOMENTARILY. DUE TO THE LENGTH OF 9R ONLY THE FLT ENGINEER SAW ACR Y ROTATING BEACON WHICH BLENDED INTO THE CITY'S LIGHTS TO THE E. NEITHER PLT NOR THE FAA OBSERVER, WHO WAS ON THE JUMPSEAT, SAW THE ROTATING BEACON UNTIL WE FOCUSED AT THE END OF THE RWY. IT APPEARS THAT THE FACILITY WAS UNDER MANNED AS THE LCL CTLR WAS WORKING CLRNC, GND CTL AND TWR LCL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.