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An A320 captain reported that he made an rejected takeoff at las after realizing he had not turned on the flight director.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 629751 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las.airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 629751 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon normal taxi out after #2 engine start, I failed to notice that flight directors were not on. After setting of takeoff power, I then saw that FMA annunciations on pfd were not correct. Then realizing that flight directors were off, I cycled them on, but saw no change to the FMA's. Upon seeing V2 bug at 100 KTS coming into view (which is not normal), I decided to abort. I told the first officer to notify tower and standby. Passenger were told to stay seated. We taxied off runway 25R. Shortly aircraft was stopped on ramp. I notified operations to have chocks and fans brought out to aircraft which took unusually long. Wheels were chocked and fans on. In the interim I called up dispatch and asked for maintenance to come up on frequency. Maintenance decided to have external inspection done. At some interval we were told that all 4 tire fuse plugs had melted. It was a normal taxi, even though we were delayed initially out of lax.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 CAPT RPTED THAT HE MADE AN RTO AT LAS AFTER REALIZING HE HAD NOT TURNED ON THE FLT DIRECTOR.
Narrative: UPON NORMAL TAXI OUT AFTER #2 ENG START, I FAILED TO NOTICE THAT FLT DIRECTORS WERE NOT ON. AFTER SETTING OF TKOF PWR, I THEN SAW THAT FMA ANNUNCIATIONS ON PFD WERE NOT CORRECT. THEN REALIZING THAT FLT DIRECTORS WERE OFF, I CYCLED THEM ON, BUT SAW NO CHANGE TO THE FMA'S. UPON SEEING V2 BUG AT 100 KTS COMING INTO VIEW (WHICH IS NOT NORMAL), I DECIDED TO ABORT. I TOLD THE FO TO NOTIFY TWR AND STANDBY. PAX WERE TOLD TO STAY SEATED. WE TAXIED OFF RWY 25R. SHORTLY ACFT WAS STOPPED ON RAMP. I NOTIFIED OPS TO HAVE CHOCKS AND FANS BROUGHT OUT TO ACFT WHICH TOOK UNUSUALLY LONG. WHEELS WERE CHOCKED AND FANS ON. IN THE INTERIM I CALLED UP DISPATCH AND ASKED FOR MAINT TO COME UP ON FREQ. MAINT DECIDED TO HAVE EXTERNAL INSPECTION DONE. AT SOME INTERVAL WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL 4 TIRE FUSE PLUGS HAD MELTED. IT WAS A NORMAL TAXI, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE DELAYED INITIALLY OUT OF LAX.
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.