The captain of a large transport freighter taxied past the red stop bar lights, at a foreign airport...

Attributes
ACN	299243
Time
Date	199503
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cdg
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Hercules (C-130)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 197 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2100
ASRS Report	299243
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were running late for our departure slot time. The captain was in a hurry and rushed through checklists prior to takeoff because he thought that we would miss our departure slot. We were taxiing behind another aircraft. The tower asked us if we could takeoff from the first intersection from the runway threshold. We said that we could, and the aircraft ahead of us taxied to the end of the runway. We taxied to the stop bar lights and stopped. The tower cleared us for takeoff, ahead of the aircraft at the end of the runway, which was cleared into position and hold. The stop bar lights were red. The tower cleared us for takeoff. The captain taxied into position and took off against my strongest recommendations. We are not to cross the stop bar with the lights red, until in contact with the tower and the conflict is resolved. Our company published an information memo dated apr/94. The memo states that, should this exact situation occur, we should not cross the stop bar red lights until the conflict is corrected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE CAPT OF A LARGE TRANSPORT FREIGHTER TAXIED PAST THE RED STOP BAR LIGHTS, AT A FOREIGN ARPT, AFTER RECEIVING A TKOF CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE RUNNING LATE FOR OUR DEP SLOT TIME. THE CAPT WAS IN A HURRY AND RUSHED THROUGH CHKLISTS PRIOR TO TKOF BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD MISS OUR DEP SLOT. WE WERE TAXIING BEHIND ANOTHER ACFT. THE TWR ASKED US IF WE COULD TKOF FROM THE FIRST INTXN FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD. WE SAID THAT WE COULD, AND THE ACFT AHEAD OF US TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RWY. WE TAXIED TO THE STOP BAR LIGHTS AND STOPPED. THE TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF, AHEAD OF THE ACFT AT THE END OF THE RWY, WHICH WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. THE STOP BAR LIGHTS WERE RED. THE TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF. THE CAPT TAXIED INTO POS AND TOOK OFF AGAINST MY STRONGEST RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE NOT TO CROSS THE STOP BAR WITH THE LIGHTS RED, UNTIL IN CONTACT WITH THE TWR AND THE CONFLICT IS RESOLVED. OUR COMPANY PUBLISHED AN INFO MEMO DATED APR/94. THE MEMO STATES THAT, SHOULD THIS EXACT SIT OCCUR, WE SHOULD NOT CROSS THE STOP BAR RED LIGHTS UNTIL THE CONFLICT IS CORRECTED.

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.

The captain of a large transport freighter taxied past the red stop bar lights, at a foreign airport, after receiving a takeoff clearance.