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Flight crew of a canadair regional CL65 responded to beech 1900 takeoff clearance, on a cross runway, resulting in tower controller aborting their takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 484602 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dsm.airport |
| State Reference | IA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dsm.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| 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 : 5200 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 484602 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 484246 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance controller : separated traffic flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 6000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
My aircraft air carrier X was cleared into position and hold on runway 13L at dsm. After reaching position the tower issued a takeoff clearance to air carrier Y on a crossing runway. Both myself and my first officer understood the clearance to be for our aircraft. The first officer read back the clearance, we completed the takeoff checklist and initiated takeoff roll. The tower caught our mistake as we reached 60 KTS and I aborted the takeoff several thousand ft short of the crossing runway and the departing traffic. This problem resulted from very similar call signs. We, air carrier Y and air carrier X, do not sound the same and we are not sure exactly what the tower said but there was certainly no emphasis placed on the clearance nor on the runway it was being issued to. Both the first officer and myself were sure the clearance was for us, nor were we aware of conflicting traffic. Fortunately once the tower noticed both aircraft rolling he canceled our clearance and we were easily able to abort.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A CANADAIR REGIONAL CL65 RESPONDED TO BEECH 1900 TKOF CLRNC, ON A CROSS RWY, RESULTING IN TWR CTLR ABORTING THEIR TKOF.
Narrative: MY ACFT ACR X WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 13L AT DSM. AFTER REACHING POS THE TWR ISSUED A TKOF CLRNC TO ACR Y ON A XING RWY. BOTH MYSELF AND MY FO UNDERSTOOD THE CLRNC TO BE FOR OUR ACFT. THE FO READ BACK THE CLRNC, WE COMPLETED THE TKOF CHKLIST AND INITIATED TKOF ROLL. THE TWR CAUGHT OUR MISTAKE AS WE REACHED 60 KTS AND I ABORTED THE TKOF SEVERAL THOUSAND FT SHORT OF THE XING RWY AND THE DEPARTING TFC. THIS PROB RESULTED FROM VERY SIMILAR CALL SIGNS. WE, ACR Y AND ACR X, DO NOT SOUND THE SAME AND WE ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE TWR SAID BUT THERE WAS CERTAINLY NO EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE CLRNC NOR ON THE RWY IT WAS BEING ISSUED TO. BOTH THE FO AND MYSELF WERE SURE THE CLRNC WAS FOR US, NOR WERE WE AWARE OF CONFLICTING TFC. FORTUNATELY ONCE THE TWR NOTICED BOTH ACFT ROLLING HE CANCELED OUR CLRNC AND WE WERE EASILY ABLE TO ABORT.
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.