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Aborted takeoff, runway excursion and taxiway incursion during a loss of aircraft control when the PIC of a cargo DC8 attempted a rolling takeoff on an icy runway at thule AFB.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 542411 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bgtl.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Ice |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 542411 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway incursion : taxiway inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : s/o 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Takeoff from thule air base in greeland. Runway had layer of ice on it. As aircraft (DC8) turned onto runway, captain elected to do rolling takeoff. He advanced power levers while making right hand turn onto runway. Engines #1 and #2 spooled faster than engines #3 and #4. Aircraft started sliding to right and went off runway to right. Aircraft taxied across short open area and entered taxiway. All aircraft system are normal, nothing was hit on ground. Captain elected to take off again. Suggested we go to ramp to check aircraft. Also suggested that if he chose to do a takeoff, he align aircraft with center of runway, set brakes, spool all engines together, then take off. Flight and landing from bgtl-bwi uneventful. Aircraft inspected on post-flight and noted no damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ABORTED TKOF, RWY EXCURSION AND TXWY INCURSION DURING A LOSS OF ACFT CTL WHEN THE PIC OF A CARGO DC8 ATTEMPTED A ROLLING TKOF ON AN ICY RWY AT THULE AFB.
Narrative: TKOF FROM THULE AIR BASE IN GREELAND. RWY HAD LAYER OF ICE ON IT. AS ACFT (DC8) TURNED ONTO RWY, CAPT ELECTED TO DO ROLLING TKOF. HE ADVANCED PWR LEVERS WHILE MAKING R HAND TURN ONTO RWY. ENGS #1 AND #2 SPOOLED FASTER THAN ENGS #3 AND #4. ACFT STARTED SLIDING TO R AND WENT OFF RWY TO R. ACFT TAXIED ACROSS SHORT OPEN AREA AND ENTERED TXWY. ALL ACFT SYS ARE NORMAL, NOTHING WAS HIT ON GND. CAPT ELECTED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. SUGGESTED WE GO TO RAMP TO CHK ACFT. ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IF HE CHOSE TO DO A TKOF, HE ALIGN ACFT WITH CTR OF RWY, SET BRAKES, SPOOL ALL ENGS TOGETHER, THEN TAKE OFF. FLT AND LNDG FROM BGTL-BWI UNEVENTFUL. ACFT INSPECTED ON POST-FLT AND NOTED NO DAMAGE.
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.