Narrative:

Taxied out, takeoff delayed due sequencing departing and arriving aircraft. Cleared for takeoff, advanced throttles got confign warning -- discovered flaps up. Aborted takeoff, taxied back, advised company and took off. We had not done the before takeoff check. Additionally, the first officer had responded incorrectly to an item on the after start checklist that did not require a captain's response although he/I should have been verifying. I feel 2 man cockpit a factor. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: any comment on how the flaps got forgotten? We did not forget the flaps as much as we forgot the checklist! The before takeoff checklist is 4 items: flaps, squawk, lights and TCASII. Only the flaps portion is challenge and response as the squawk, light and TCASII are done by the first officer without a response required from the captain. The after start checklist also has flaps on it, but that checklist is run unilaterally by the reader which is the first officer and the captain has no responses for that checklist. Were there any distrs? Only that the taxi out from the gate was very short and the wait for takeoff was very long and we were concerned about the schedule and the delay on this VFR day. What kind of checklist do you use and do you think there is a better way. We use a card which the first officer reads from and I believe that a mechanical checklist would be more effective in avoiding missing items. Do you trade legs? Yes, but we do not trade seats and most of the capts leave the reading of the checklist to the first officer on departure and arrival taxi phases. Are you new to the airplane or seat? I have been in this aircraft for less than a yr and, though the first officer has yrs of experience, I believe he also is less than a yr in this aircraft. Were you tired? No. Not that I noticed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC MISSED SETTING FLAPS ON 2 CHKLISTS AND ABORTED ON TKOF CONFIGN WARNING.

Narrative: TAXIED OUT, TKOF DELAYED DUE SEQUENCING DEPARTING AND ARRIVING ACFT. CLRED FOR TKOF, ADVANCED THROTTLES GOT CONFIGN WARNING -- DISCOVERED FLAPS UP. ABORTED TKOF, TAXIED BACK, ADVISED COMPANY AND TOOK OFF. WE HAD NOT DONE THE BEFORE TKOF CHK. ADDITIONALLY, THE FO HAD RESPONDED INCORRECTLY TO AN ITEM ON THE AFTER START CHKLIST THAT DID NOT REQUIRE A CAPT'S RESPONSE ALTHOUGH HE/I SHOULD HAVE BEEN VERIFYING. I FEEL 2 MAN COCKPIT A FACTOR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ANY COMMENT ON HOW THE FLAPS GOT FORGOTTEN? WE DID NOT FORGET THE FLAPS AS MUCH AS WE FORGOT THE CHKLIST! THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST IS 4 ITEMS: FLAPS, SQUAWK, LIGHTS AND TCASII. ONLY THE FLAPS PORTION IS CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE AS THE SQUAWK, LIGHT AND TCASII ARE DONE BY THE FO WITHOUT A RESPONSE REQUIRED FROM THE CAPT. THE AFTER START CHKLIST ALSO HAS FLAPS ON IT, BUT THAT CHKLIST IS RUN UNILATERALLY BY THE READER WHICH IS THE FO AND THE CAPT HAS NO RESPONSES FOR THAT CHKLIST. WERE THERE ANY DISTRS? ONLY THAT THE TAXI OUT FROM THE GATE WAS VERY SHORT AND THE WAIT FOR TKOF WAS VERY LONG AND WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND THE DELAY ON THIS VFR DAY. WHAT KIND OF CHKLIST DO YOU USE AND DO YOU THINK THERE IS A BETTER WAY. WE USE A CARD WHICH THE FO READS FROM AND I BELIEVE THAT A MECHANICAL CHKLIST WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN AVOIDING MISSING ITEMS. DO YOU TRADE LEGS? YES, BUT WE DO NOT TRADE SEATS AND MOST OF THE CAPTS LEAVE THE READING OF THE CHKLIST TO THE FO ON DEP AND ARR TAXI PHASES. ARE YOU NEW TO THE AIRPLANE OR SEAT? I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ACFT FOR LESS THAN A YR AND, THOUGH THE FO HAS YRS OF EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE HE ALSO IS LESS THAN A YR IN THIS ACFT. WERE YOU TIRED? NO. NOT THAT I NOTICED.

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.