Flight crew failed to complete engine start on one of two engines prior to attempting takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	319189
Time
Date	199510
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : las
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	319189
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departing dfw we pushed back from gate with tow to gate X for start. Lot of saab traffic on ramp. Clear to start engine normal start. Went to start. First officer remarked about saab traffic on left. Ground crew called for park, I cleared them. First officer was looking in kit bag. I noticed engine start switches were still on. I thought it odd I did not turn them off after engine start. I now believed that engine #2 was running. First officer had punched out start annunciator panel. We taxied to runway 17R, got in line, aircraft was light so the pulling to right I thought could be wind or just tracking. We were cleared into position, cleared for takeoff. As I add power the EPR on engine #2 was not coming up. We looked at the engine again and found it was shut down. I immediately cleared the runway and started engine #2. All taxi checklists had been performed normally. With the start annunciator panel not in backup there is no other engine out indication on taxi, other than my not seeing an engine not running. The rest of the flight was normal. In about 10000 hours of flying I would have never believed I could do this. I got distracted by traffic, the other things going on around our jobs, and failed to lead when the first officer wanted to turn out the start annunciator panel which is now procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILED TO COMPLETE ENG START ON ONE OF TWO ENGS PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TKOF.

Narrative: DEPARTING DFW WE PUSHED BACK FROM GATE WITH TOW TO GATE X FOR START. LOT OF SAAB TFC ON RAMP. CLR TO START ENG NORMAL START. WENT TO START. FO REMARKED ABOUT SAAB TFC ON L. GND CREW CALLED FOR PARK, I CLRED THEM. FO WAS LOOKING IN KIT BAG. I NOTICED ENG START SWITCHES WERE STILL ON. I THOUGHT IT ODD I DID NOT TURN THEM OFF AFTER ENG START. I NOW BELIEVED THAT ENG #2 WAS RUNNING. FO HAD PUNCHED OUT START ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. WE TAXIED TO RWY 17R, GOT IN LINE, ACFT WAS LIGHT SO THE PULLING TO R I THOUGHT COULD BE WIND OR JUST TRACKING. WE WERE CLRED INTO POS, CLRED FOR TKOF. AS I ADD PWR THE EPR ON ENG #2 WAS NOT COMING UP. WE LOOKED AT THE ENG AGAIN AND FOUND IT WAS SHUT DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY CLRED THE RWY AND STARTED ENG #2. ALL TAXI CHKLISTS HAD BEEN PERFORMED NORMALLY. WITH THE START ANNUNCIATOR PANEL NOT IN BACKUP THERE IS NO OTHER ENG OUT INDICATION ON TAXI, OTHER THAN MY NOT SEEING AN ENG NOT RUNNING. THE REST OF THE FLT WAS NORMAL. IN ABOUT 10000 HRS OF FLYING I WOULD HAVE NEVER BELIEVED I COULD DO THIS. I GOT DISTRACTED BY TFC, THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON AROUND OUR JOBS, AND FAILED TO LEAD WHEN THE FO WANTED TO TURN OUT THE START ANNUNCIATOR PANEL WHICH IS NOW PROC.

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.