Narrative:

First officer's second trip. Experienced captain. Captain never called for 'flaps 5 degrees' prior to taxi. Rushed taxi from dal gate to runway 31L. First officer running behind/trying to stay up with captain. Captain calls for pretkof checklist. First officer reads all items but is rushed and reads checklist without checking each item visually. Captain responds to checklist 'position 5, green light, detent.' as we roll onto the runway and the captain brings up the power (his leg/rolling takeoff), takeoff confign warning sounds -- flaps are up, not at position 5. Takeoff rejected at 10 KTS. We taxi off of runway, reconfigure, accomplish checklist thoroughly and takeoff for houston. Both captain and first officer rushing the checklist too much. Captain responding but not visually checking. Same for first officer. We needed to slow down instead of rushing things so much. Captain expected first officer to know to go to flaps 5 degrees on taxi call. First officer's inexperience kept this from happening.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLT CREW DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH PRETKOF CHKLIST AND IS FORCED TO ABORT TKOF DUE TO WRONG FLAP SETTING AT DAL.

Narrative: FO'S SECOND TRIP. EXPERIENCED CAPT. CAPT NEVER CALLED FOR 'FLAPS 5 DEGS' PRIOR TO TAXI. RUSHED TAXI FROM DAL GATE TO RWY 31L. FO RUNNING BEHIND/TRYING TO STAY UP WITH CAPT. CAPT CALLS FOR PRETKOF CHKLIST. FO READS ALL ITEMS BUT IS RUSHED AND READS CHKLIST WITHOUT CHKING EACH ITEM VISUALLY. CAPT RESPONDS TO CHKLIST 'POS 5, GREEN LIGHT, DETENT.' AS WE ROLL ONTO THE RWY AND THE CAPT BRINGS UP THE PWR (HIS LEG/ROLLING TKOF), TKOF CONFIGN WARNING SOUNDS -- FLAPS ARE UP, NOT AT POS 5. TKOF REJECTED AT 10 KTS. WE TAXI OFF OF RWY, RECONFIGURE, ACCOMPLISH CHKLIST THOROUGHLY AND TKOF FOR HOUSTON. BOTH CAPT AND FO RUSHING THE CHKLIST TOO MUCH. CAPT RESPONDING BUT NOT VISUALLY CHKING. SAME FOR FO. WE NEEDED TO SLOW DOWN INSTEAD OF RUSHING THINGS SO MUCH. CAPT EXPECTED FO TO KNOW TO GO TO FLAPS 5 DEGS ON TAXI CALL. FO'S INEXPERIENCE KEPT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

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.