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Captain of a DC9 stopped the first officer from continuing takeoff due to seeing a dog on the runway. Since they had only used 200 ft of runway, takeoff was subsequently made on the remaining runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 420879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : atl airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| 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 | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 420879 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On takeoff, just a couple seconds after brake release, the captain put his hand on mine and pulled the throttles to idle. I then saw what he did -- a dog running across the runway in front of us. I called the abort and reason to the tower. Once the dog was clear of the runway, we confirmed our takeoff clearance and took off. Above 10000 ft, we talked about the incident and wondered whether we should have requested repos at the end of the runway. We had only rolled a couple hundred ft and had more than enough runway remaining. We just didn't know the answer to our question -- guess that's one to put to a check airman.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A DC9 STOPPED THE FO FROM CONTINUING TKOF DUE TO SEEING A DOG ON THE RWY. SINCE THEY HAD ONLY USED 200 FT OF RWY, TKOF WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE ON THE REMAINING RWY.
Narrative: ON TKOF, JUST A COUPLE SECONDS AFTER BRAKE RELEASE, THE CAPT PUT HIS HAND ON MINE AND PULLED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE. I THEN SAW WHAT HE DID -- A DOG RUNNING ACROSS THE RWY IN FRONT OF US. I CALLED THE ABORT AND REASON TO THE TWR. ONCE THE DOG WAS CLR OF THE RWY, WE CONFIRMED OUR TKOF CLRNC AND TOOK OFF. ABOVE 10000 FT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND WONDERED WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED REPOS AT THE END OF THE RWY. WE HAD ONLY ROLLED A COUPLE HUNDRED FT AND HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH RWY REMAINING. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION -- GUESS THAT'S ONE TO PUT TO A CHK AIRMAN.
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.