Flight crew of an large transport aircraft aborted takeoff due to a flap setting warning.

Attributes
ACN	253489
Time
Date	199310
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	253489
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Takeoff power added, discontinued takeoff roll. Minimum speed achieved and taxied clear of runway. Positioned flap lever then, back to 15 degrees and ran engine to takeoff power. All checked ok. Completed takeoff on second attempt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LGT ACFT ABORTED TKOF DUE TO A FLAP SETTING WARNING.

Narrative: TKOF PWR ADDED, DISCONTINUED TKOF ROLL. MINIMUM SPD ACHIEVED AND TAXIED CLR OF RWY. POSITIONED FLAP LEVER THEN, BACK TO 15 DEGS AND RAN ENG TO TKOF PWR. ALL CHKED OK. COMPLETED TKOF ON SECOND ATTEMPT.

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.