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A B737 crew, departing ama, executed a tower initiated aborted takeoff when landing traffic did not clear the runway at assigned taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 564120 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ama.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ama.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 564120 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 25800 flight time type : 22000 |
| ASRS Report | 563897 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were departing amarillo going to dallas. A single engine cessna landed on runway 4 and we were cleared into position and hold. The tower told the cessna to exit the runway at taxiway a. The aircraft moved to the right and appeared to clear the runway as instructed. Tower cleared us for takeoff. As we were rolling down the runway, the tower told us to abort our takeoff due to an aircraft on the runway. The cessna was still on the runway, but off to the far right side. Tower told the cessna to expedite down to taxiway B. Captain aborted the takeoff and we reached taxi speed near taxiway a. Because the tower noticed the cessna missed taxiway a and alerted us in time, we never got anywhere near the other aircraft. In my mind, the only reason this happened was because of the limited visibility of nighttime operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 CREW, DEPARTING AMA, EXECUTED A TWR INITIATED ABORTED TKOF WHEN LNDG TFC DID NOT CLR THE RWY AT ASSIGNED TXWY.
Narrative: WE WERE DEPARTING AMARILLO GOING TO DALLAS. A SINGLE ENG CESSNA LANDED ON RWY 4 AND WE WERE CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. THE TWR TOLD THE CESSNA TO EXIT THE RWY AT TXWY A. THE ACFT MOVED TO THE R AND APPEARED TO CLR THE RWY AS INSTRUCTED. TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF. AS WE WERE ROLLING DOWN THE RWY, THE TWR TOLD US TO ABORT OUR TKOF DUE TO AN ACFT ON THE RWY. THE CESSNA WAS STILL ON THE RWY, BUT OFF TO THE FAR R SIDE. TWR TOLD THE CESSNA TO EXPEDITE DOWN TO TXWY B. CAPT ABORTED THE TKOF AND WE REACHED TAXI SPD NEAR TXWY A. BECAUSE THE TWR NOTICED THE CESSNA MISSED TXWY A AND ALERTED US IN TIME, WE NEVER GOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE OTHER ACFT. IN MY MIND, THE ONLY REASON THIS HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED VISIBILITY OF NIGHTTIME OPS.
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.