Narrative:

This was an early morning first flight of the day. It was my (first officer) leg. Preflight, start and taxi were all normal. We were cleared for takeoff before reaching the runway. As we approached approximately 50-75 ft and 90 degrees to the runway, the captain slowly applied power toward mid throttle range. Although he did not brief his intentions, it was obvious to me that the captain intended to relinquish control of the aircraft to me during takeoff roll (after runway alignment). We never got that far. While I was concerned about the amount of power applied before runway alignment, I had no reason to believe we would not obtain runway alignment quickly. However, I did think we were taking the runway too fast. Through approximately 60 degrees of right turn on to the runway, the nose wheels began to slide a little left. This was not surprising, in that we were trying to make the turn too fast. With the power remaining in the same position, the captain tried to use nose steering and differential braking to try to obtain runway alignment. Instead, as the nose passed quickly through approximately 100 degrees of turn, the nose wheels began to slide to the right. About the time the captain got the aircraft correcting to the left, he retarded the throttles, aligned the aircraft with runway, slowed to very slow taxi speed and exited to the right (under control) approximately 150 ft down the runway at the first available taxiway. After clearing the runway, brakes were set and captain made PA to passenger explaining morning dew on runway painted numbers was slippery and caused aircraft to slide. He apologized, we taxied back around to runway, cleared for takeoff. This time, captain slowly aligned aircraft with runway centerline, set brakes and gave controls and throttles to me for an uneventful takeoff and subsequent landing at atl.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD88 CAPT TEMPORARILY LOSES CTL OF HIS ACFT WHEN TAXIING ONTO THE RWY FOR TKOF. HE CARRIED THROTTLES AT HALF PWR FOR THE TURN. BEING DAWN, THE RWY WAS WET AND THE ACFT VEERED FROM ONE DIRECTION TO ANOTHER. TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative: THIS WAS AN EARLY MORNING FIRST FLT OF THE DAY. IT WAS MY (FO) LEG. PREFLT, START AND TAXI WERE ALL NORMAL. WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF BEFORE REACHING THE RWY. AS WE APCHED APPROX 50-75 FT AND 90 DEGS TO THE RWY, THE CAPT SLOWLY APPLIED PWR TOWARD MID THROTTLE RANGE. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT BRIEF HIS INTENTIONS, IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE CAPT INTENDED TO RELINQUISH CTL OF THE ACFT TO ME DURING TKOF ROLL (AFTER RWY ALIGNMENT). WE NEVER GOT THAT FAR. WHILE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PWR APPLIED BEFORE RWY ALIGNMENT, I HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE WE WOULD NOT OBTAIN RWY ALIGNMENT QUICKLY. HOWEVER, I DID THINK WE WERE TAKING THE RWY TOO FAST. THROUGH APPROX 60 DEGS OF R TURN ON TO THE RWY, THE NOSE WHEELS BEGAN TO SLIDE A LITTLE L. THIS WAS NOT SURPRISING, IN THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE TURN TOO FAST. WITH THE PWR REMAINING IN THE SAME POS, THE CAPT TRIED TO USE NOSE STEERING AND DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING TO TRY TO OBTAIN RWY ALIGNMENT. INSTEAD, AS THE NOSE PASSED QUICKLY THROUGH APPROX 100 DEGS OF TURN, THE NOSE WHEELS BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE R. ABOUT THE TIME THE CAPT GOT THE ACFT CORRECTING TO THE L, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES, ALIGNED THE ACFT WITH RWY, SLOWED TO VERY SLOW TAXI SPD AND EXITED TO THE R (UNDER CTL) APPROX 150 FT DOWN THE RWY AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE TXWY. AFTER CLRING THE RWY, BRAKES WERE SET AND CAPT MADE PA TO PAX EXPLAINING MORNING DEW ON RWY PAINTED NUMBERS WAS SLIPPERY AND CAUSED ACFT TO SLIDE. HE APOLOGIZED, WE TAXIED BACK AROUND TO RWY, CLRED FOR TKOF. THIS TIME, CAPT SLOWLY ALIGNED ACFT WITH RWY CTRLINE, SET BRAKES AND GAVE CTLS AND THROTTLES TO ME FOR AN UNEVENTFUL TKOF AND SUBSEQUENT LNDG AT ATL.

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.