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Air carrier first officer reported missing the IFR release time due to general aviation traffic in the pattern and the tower being closed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1752042 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Taxied onto runway after GA airplane landed; while waiting for them to exit runway our release void time expired. Had to exit runway to call for new release. There were probably at least 5 GA airplanes in the pattern or on CTAF since tower was closed. We couldn't reach center on radios so called on phone holding short. Gave us a short release time of about 2 minutes; 39 past the hour. After the last GA plane landed I thought we had time to takeoff so we took the runway to line up. They took a long time exiting runway and our release time passed. Takeoff power was never applied; we exited the runway; taxied back to hold short and called dispatch and then center for a new release time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported missing the IFR release time due to general aviation traffic in the pattern and the Tower being closed.
Narrative: Taxied onto runway after GA airplane landed; while waiting for them to exit runway our release void time expired. Had to exit runway to call for new release. There were probably at least 5 GA airplanes in the pattern or on CTAF since Tower was closed. We couldn't reach center on radios so called on phone holding short. Gave us a short release time of about 2 minutes; 39 past the hour. After the last GA plane landed I thought we had time to takeoff so we took the runway to line up. They took a long time exiting runway and our release time passed. Takeoff power was never applied; we exited the runway; taxied back to hold short and called Dispatch and then Center for a new release time.
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.