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A B737-300 flight crew performs an unauthorized intersection takeoff at bur airport when the captain confuses the displaced threshold lights for runway end lights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388700 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bur |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 388700 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 410 |
| ASRS Report | 388933 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Taxied for takeoff at bur runway 33. I was confused by lights partially across runway at takeoff end. Lights represented a displaced threshold. I thought we were at the end of runway 33 but took off from taxiway G1. It was a very short taxi and I found the airport chart page to be very cluttered. I did not see that taxiway G went fully to the blast fence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 FLC PERFORMS AN UNAUTH INTXN TKOF AT BUR ARPT WHEN THE CAPT CONFUSES THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD LIGHTS FOR RWY END LIGHTS.
Narrative: TAXIED FOR TKOF AT BUR RWY 33. I WAS CONFUSED BY LIGHTS PARTIALLY ACROSS RWY AT TKOF END. LIGHTS REPRESENTED A DISPLACED THRESHOLD. I THOUGHT WE WERE AT THE END OF RWY 33 BUT TOOK OFF FROM TXWY G1. IT WAS A VERY SHORT TAXI AND I FOUND THE ARPT CHART PAGE TO BE VERY CLUTTERED. I DID NOT SEE THAT TXWY G WENT FULLY TO THE BLAST FENCE.
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.