Flight crew of a B727 forgot to set flaps for takeoff resulting in the unsafe warning horn sounding at the beginning of the takeoff roll. The flaps were immediately set and the takeoff continued with full power.

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Attributes
ACN	360958
Time
Date	199702
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
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	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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	other other : other pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 16090 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	360958
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:

Even after 30 yrs -- a first! A truly humbling experience (for all 3 crew members) when you start your takeoff roll and the horn goes off indicating you forgot your flaps. Quickly extended same to 15 degrees (wasting about 500 ft of runway) and now used full power for takeoff instead of reduced. We had ran a before takeoff checklist, but either the so skipped over flaps or we (captain and first officer) responded automatically. No doubt we were all to blame. Thank god for the warning horn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B727 FORGOT TO SET FLAPS FOR TKOF RESULTING IN THE UNSAFE WARNING HORN SOUNDING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TKOF ROLL. THE FLAPS WERE IMMEDIATELY SET AND THE TKOF CONTINUED WITH FULL PWR.

Narrative: EVEN AFTER 30 YRS -- A FIRST! A TRULY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE (FOR ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS) WHEN YOU START YOUR TKOF ROLL AND THE HORN GOES OFF INDICATING YOU FORGOT YOUR FLAPS. QUICKLY EXTENDED SAME TO 15 DEGS (WASTING ABOUT 500 FT OF RWY) AND NOW USED FULL PWR FOR TKOF INSTEAD OF REDUCED. WE HAD RAN A BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST, BUT EITHER THE SO SKIPPED OVER FLAPS OR WE (CAPT AND FO) RESPONDED AUTOMATICALLY. NO DOUBT WE WERE ALL TO BLAME. THANK GOD FOR THE WARNING HORN.

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.