Air carrier has warning horn sound as throttles advanced. Verified flaps, trim, speed brakes down, advanced again. Horn sounded. Cleared runway, recycled equipment, advanced throttles, no horn. Normal takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	210771
Time
Date	199205
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gso
State Reference	NC
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	210771
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Issued takeoff clearance. Upon advancing throttles, the takeoff warning horn sounded. Idled throttles and again verified trim, flap setting and speed brake in down detent. Again advanced throttles and horn sounded. Asked tower to clear runway. Upon clearing runway, recycled flaps, spdbrake, advanced throttles and now, no horn. Asked for clearance and then took off. Engines were never spooled and speed never above walking speed before clearing runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS WARNING HORN SOUND AS THROTTLES ADVANCED. VERIFIED FLAPS, TRIM, SPD BRAKES DOWN, ADVANCED AGAIN. HORN SOUNDED. CLRED RWY, RECYCLED EQUIP, ADVANCED THROTTLES, NO HORN. NORMAL TKOF.

Narrative: ISSUED TKOF CLRNC. UPON ADVANCING THROTTLES, THE TKOF WARNING HORN SOUNDED. IDLED THROTTLES AND AGAIN VERIFIED TRIM, FLAP SETTING AND SPD BRAKE IN DOWN DETENT. AGAIN ADVANCED THROTTLES AND HORN SOUNDED. ASKED TWR TO CLR RWY. UPON CLRING RWY, RECYCLED FLAPS, SPDBRAKE, ADVANCED THROTTLES AND NOW, NO HORN. ASKED FOR CLRNC AND THEN TOOK OFF. ENGS WERE NEVER SPOOLED AND SPD NEVER ABOVE WALKING SPD BEFORE CLRING RWY.

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.