B767 captain discovers at lift off that the last 1;800 feet of runway 26R at lfpg are not plowed and...

Narrative:

Heavy snow had fallen at lfpg and after sorting through many issues we made our way to runway 26R. Following a landing B777 we went into position to line-up and wait. The far end of 26R has a rise and the end is not visible from line-up position. After a long delay with a conversation in french between the tower and the B777; an approaching aircraft was sent around and we waited several minutes more. The runway was called plowed and clear with less than 5mm of snow. To our eyes it appeared clear. We then were cleared for take-off. As we were breaking ground it became clear that the entire runway had not been cleared. Perhaps the last 1;500 feet had not been cleared at all and had 6 or more inches of snow on it. This lack of plowing began near the t-4 intersection. I am fairly sure that the 777 got into the snow and began to move very slowly causing the aircraft to be sent around. We assumed full length clear when it was not and we did not have the situational awareness of the tower/777 conversation and were not advised by tower of less than full length.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain discovers at lift off that the last 1;800 feet of Runway 26R at LFPG are not plowed and may have six inches of snow on it. The runway was described as plowed and clear by the Tower.

Narrative: Heavy snow had fallen at LFPG and after sorting through many issues we made our way to Runway 26R. Following a landing B777 we went into position to line-up and wait. The far end of 26R has a rise and the end is not visible from line-up position. After a long delay with a conversation in French between the Tower and the B777; an approaching aircraft was sent around and we waited several minutes more. The runway was called plowed and clear with less than 5mm of snow. To our eyes it appeared clear. We then were cleared for take-off. As we were breaking ground it became clear that the entire runway had not been cleared. Perhaps the last 1;500 feet had not been cleared at all and had 6 or more inches of snow on it. This lack of plowing began near the t-4 intersection. I am fairly sure that the 777 got into the snow and began to move very slowly causing the aircraft to be sent around. We assumed full length clear when it was not and we did not have the situational awareness of the Tower/777 conversation and were not advised by Tower of less than full length.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1067993
Time
Date	201301
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LFPG.Airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

B767 captain discovers at lift off that the last 1;800 feet of runway 26R at lfpg are not plowed and may have six inches of snow on it. The runway was described as plowed and clear by the tower.