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A CL65 flight crew inadvertently turn on the flight director and the autoplt while on takeoff roll resulting in an aborted takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 612610 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200403 |
| Day | Mon |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lex.airport |
| State Reference | KY |
| 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 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 612610 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert atc equipment other atc equipment : 1 aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flt ctl panel |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On the takeoff, I just set the thrust for the first officer (it was his leg). He reached to the flight control panel to center the heading bug. When doing so, he accidentally hit the heading mode which brought up the flight director. In an attempt to clear the flight director, he accidentally engaged the autoplt. This caused an autoplt confign warning and an abort by myself at 70 KIAS. After clearing the runway, assessing the problem, running checklists, and informing passenger, we performed a second uneventful takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CL65 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY TURN ON THE FLT DIRECTOR AND THE AUTOPLT WHILE ON TKOF ROLL RESULTING IN AN ABORTED TKOF.
Narrative: ON THE TKOF, I JUST SET THE THRUST FOR THE FO (IT WAS HIS LEG). HE REACHED TO THE FLT CTL PANEL TO CTR THE HDG BUG. WHEN DOING SO, HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE HDG MODE WHICH BROUGHT UP THE FLT DIRECTOR. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLR THE FLT DIRECTOR, HE ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED THE AUTOPLT. THIS CAUSED AN AUTOPLT CONFIGN WARNING AND AN ABORT BY MYSELF AT 70 KIAS. AFTER CLRING THE RWY, ASSESSING THE PROB, RUNNING CHKLISTS, AND INFORMING PAX, WE PERFORMED A SECOND UNEVENTFUL TKOF.
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.