Flight crew of an medium large transport aborted takeoff after the takeoff warning horn sounded due to the ground spoiler control lever was not completely stowed.

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Attributes
ACN	335826
Time
Date	199605
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	335826
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
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 other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Low speed takeoff abort due to takeoff warning horn sounding during power application. Aircraft confign checked normal, but horn sounded again later during rechk. Cycled ground spoilers and horn went away. Maintenance check revealed no faults. Subsequent takeoff normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG ABORTED TKOF AFTER THE TKOF WARNING HORN SOUNDED DUE TO THE GND SPOILER CTL LEVER WAS NOT COMPLETELY STOWED.

Narrative: LOW SPD TKOF ABORT DUE TO TKOF WARNING HORN SOUNDING DURING PWR APPLICATION. ACFT CONFIGN CHKED NORMAL, BUT HORN SOUNDED AGAIN LATER DURING RECHK. CYCLED GND SPOILERS AND HORN WENT AWAY. MAINT CHK REVEALED NO FAULTS. SUBSEQUENT TKOF NORMAL.

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.