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BE36 pilot begins takeoff roll on runway 32 when actually cleared for takeoff on 14. Pilot notices mistake and aborts takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 794571 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gso.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 36 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 785 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 794571 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Received clearance; contacted ground; accepted taxi instructions to runway 14; D1 intersection. Taxied to intersection; contacted tower; and repeated hold short instructions. Tower controller was handling other arrs and departures; and while waiting I set heading bug to 140 degrees for assigned heading. Another bonanza was issued takeoff from an intersection on runway 32. I watched this aircraft depart and after it was airborne was given takeoff instructions to depart on runway 14; no delay. After having just watched the other aircraft depart on the same runway; I inadvertently turned right onto runway 32 instead of left on runway 14. After reaching about 50 KTS I saw the heading bug in the wrong place and began pulling power and braking. The controller then notified me I was proceeding in the wrong direction. Moderate braking was required and rollout was under control and a turn onto last taxiway could have been made. Controller issued instructions to turn around on runway and hold short on runway 14 awaiting arriving traffic on an intersecting runway. Takeoff clearance was issued and a normal departure from runway 14 was made. Controller's instructions were clear and I simply made the mistake of following the previous departure. It is unusual to have departures in opposite directions especially at tower airports.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE36 PLT BEGINS TKOF ROLL ON RWY 32 WHEN ACTUALLY CLEARED FOR TKOF ON 14. PLT NOTICES MISTAKE AND ABORTS TKOF.
Narrative: RECEIVED CLRNC; CONTACTED GND; ACCEPTED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RWY 14; D1 INTXN. TAXIED TO INTXN; CONTACTED TWR; AND REPEATED HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. TWR CTLR WAS HANDLING OTHER ARRS AND DEPS; AND WHILE WAITING I SET HDG BUG TO 140 DEGS FOR ASSIGNED HDG. ANOTHER BONANZA WAS ISSUED TKOF FROM AN INTXN ON RWY 32. I WATCHED THIS ACFT DEPART AND AFTER IT WAS AIRBORNE WAS GIVEN TKOF INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPART ON RWY 14; NO DELAY. AFTER HAVING JUST WATCHED THE OTHER ACFT DEPART ON THE SAME RWY; I INADVERTENTLY TURNED R ONTO RWY 32 INSTEAD OF L ON RWY 14. AFTER REACHING ABOUT 50 KTS I SAW THE HDG BUG IN THE WRONG PLACE AND BEGAN PULLING PWR AND BRAKING. THE CTLR THEN NOTIFIED ME I WAS PROCEEDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. MODERATE BRAKING WAS REQUIRED AND ROLLOUT WAS UNDER CTL AND A TURN ONTO LAST TXWY COULD HAVE BEEN MADE. CTLR ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN AROUND ON RWY AND HOLD SHORT ON RWY 14 AWAITING ARRIVING TFC ON AN INTERSECTING RWY. TKOF CLRNC WAS ISSUED AND A NORMAL DEP FROM RWY 14 WAS MADE. CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS WERE CLR AND I SIMPLY MADE THE MISTAKE OF FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS DEP. IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE DEPS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ESPECIALLY AT TWR ARPTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.