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Flight crew failed to configure the flaps properly for takeoff, aborted at the takeoff warning, and returned for normal takeoff with the flaps configured correctly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 319294 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rfd |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 319294 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On takeoff the autothrottles failed to work. The PF manually advanced the throttles. At about approximately 20 KTS we got a confign warning and we simply retarded the throttles and ask to back-taxi for a moment in position then takeoff. On taxi out from the ramp we were checking radar and runway conditions and we failed to set takeoff flaps. After our back-taxi flaps were set and a normal takeoff and flight was made without other problems. I feel our failure to set flaps was solely due to our concern of WX and runway conditions brought on by a question of standing water on the runways by another aircraft. At no time was the aircraft beyond a safe controllable speed and I think the problem was handled correctly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC FAILED TO CONFIGURE THE FLAPS PROPERLY FOR TKOF, ABORTED AT THE TKOF WARNING, AND RETURNED FOR NORMAL TKOF WITH THE FLAPS CONFIGURED CORRECTLY.
Narrative: ON TKOF THE AUTOTHROTTLES FAILED TO WORK. THE PF MANUALLY ADVANCED THE THROTTLES. AT ABOUT APPROX 20 KTS WE GOT A CONFIGN WARNING AND WE SIMPLY RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND ASK TO BACK-TAXI FOR A MOMENT IN POS THEN TKOF. ON TAXI OUT FROM THE RAMP WE WERE CHKING RADAR AND RWY CONDITIONS AND WE FAILED TO SET TKOF FLAPS. AFTER OUR BACK-TAXI FLAPS WERE SET AND A NORMAL TKOF AND FLT WAS MADE WITHOUT OTHER PROBS. I FEEL OUR FAILURE TO SET FLAPS WAS SOLELY DUE TO OUR CONCERN OF WX AND RWY CONDITIONS BROUGHT ON BY A QUESTION OF STANDING WATER ON THE RWYS BY ANOTHER ACFT. AT NO TIME WAS THE ACFT BEYOND A SAFE CONTROLLABLE SPD AND I THINK THE PROB WAS HANDLED CORRECTLY.
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.