AN ACR MLG TOOK OFF ON AN 'NA' RWY.
Synopsis
AN ACR MLG TOOK OFF ON AN 'NA' RWY.
Narrative
UNINTENTIONALLY DEPARTED A RWY THAT WAS NOT AUTH BY THE COMMERCIAL CHART USING THE ACTIVE RWY (24) ASSIGNED BY ATC WOULD HAVE BEEN AN 8 KT TAILWIND ON A WET RWY; WITH THE DEP END OF THE RWY HAVING AN APPRECIABLE NEGATIVE RWY GRADIENT; IN CASE OF AN ABORT. THIS MADE A SAFE ABORT QUESTIONABLE. ALL PERFORMANCE AND ARPT NOTES WERE CHKED. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION: THE 'ARPT ATIS' HAD A NOTE STATING; 'TREES PENETRATING THE APCH PATH' TO THE LNDG RWY (RWY 6). THIS WAS NOT LISTED IN THE ARPT NOTAM. THE ABOVE 'ATIS' NOTE AND AN 8 KT TAILWIND; DEPARTING RWY 24 CAUSED A CONCERN ABOUT OBSTACLE CLRNC REQUIREMENTS FOR ENG FAILURE DURING TKOF (SECOND SEGMENT CLB); RWY 6 WAS SELECTED; A REMARK FROM THE CTLR CAUSED US TO RECHK THE PERFORMANCE FIGURES AND ARPT NOTES. THE 'NA' REMARK ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART WAS NOT NOTICED. AFTER LNDG AT THE NEXT STATION; THE 'NA' WAS DISCOVERED. PERFORMANCE CHARTS MADE UP BY COMMERCIAL; DOES NOT REMARK THE 'NA' SHOWN ON THE 'TKOF AND IFR DEP PROC' SECTION OF THE APCH CHARTS. IT SHOWS A 'TURN' REQUIRED AND DEP IN CASE OF ENG FAILURE AND SPECIFIC DEP PROC ON THE 'SPECIAL PROC PLATE' CHKING OTHER COMMERCIAL 'ARPT CHART FORMAT' PLATES WITH THE 'NA' REMARK; OTHER NOTATIONS SUCH AS 'VFR ONLY' ETC; ARE MADE IN THE 'ADDITIONAL RWY INFO.' THE NOTATIONS SHOULD; ALSO BE MADE ON THE PERFORMANCE CHARTS. ALL RWY REMARKS SHOULD BE ENTERED IN ONE LOCATION INSTEAD OF MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. THE PERFORMANCE CHART SHOULD BE THE CENTRAL LOCATION; AS THIS SECTION IS ALWAYS CHKED BEFORE DEP. ATTACHED PLEASE FIND COPIES OF 'ARPT CHART FORMAT' FOR ROA 11-1 MAY/XX/92; AND ROA TKOF PERFORMANCE 10-7A APR/XX/94 AND SPECIAL PROC PLATE 10-7 APR/XX/94 DC-9-10 20 DEG FLAPS BY COMMERCIAL PROVIDER. ROA TKOF PERFORMANCE 10-7A NOTES 'RWYS NOT AUTH FOR TKOF NIGHT -- RWY 33' THERE IS NO NOTATION FOR RWY 6 NOT AUTH FOR TKOF IFR. CALLED COMMERCIAL PROVIDER; ADVISED ABOVE INFO; THEY RESEARCHED AND CALLED BACK. FOR SOME REASON; THE NOTICE FOR THE RESTR OF NA FOR IFR ON RWY 6 WAS NOT ISSUED. THIS WOULD BE ISSUED ON THE NEXT REVISION. THEY AGREED A NOTE SHOULD BE PUT IN THE 'ADDITIONAL RWY INFO' PERTAINING TO RWY 6 'NA' FOR IFR OPS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.