<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1239612, February 2015

A widebody mcdonnell douglas crew rejected two takeoffs between 90-100 KTS after GPWS windshear warnings. The third takeoff was successful.

Attributes
ACN	1239612
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	McDonnell Douglas Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

During takeoff roll; we received a windshear alert at approximately 90 kts. We rejected our takeoff. After accomplishing our checklists and checking our brake temps; we taxied back and attempted a second takeoff. We received another windshear alert at approximately 100 kts and rejected again. We accomplished the checklist items and checked brake temps again. We attempted a third takeoff and were able to takeoff with no issues.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A widebody McDonnell Douglas crew rejected two takeoffs between 90-100 KTS after GPWS windshear warnings. The third takeoff was successful.

Narrative: During takeoff roll; we received a windshear alert at approximately 90 kts. We rejected our takeoff. After accomplishing our checklists and checking our brake temps; we taxied back and attempted a second takeoff. We received another windshear alert at approximately 100 kts and rejected again. We accomplished the checklist items and checked brake temps again. We attempted a third takeoff and were able to takeoff with no issues.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.