LTT ABORTS TKOF THEN ENTERS ACTIVE RWY WHEN TAXIING OFF.

Date: 1994-11 · Aircraft: Light Transport

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

LTT ABORTS TKOF THEN ENTERS ACTIVE RWY WHEN TAXIING OFF.

Narrative

DURING THE TKOF ROLL AT APPROX 90 KIAS; THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOUD NOISE SIMILAR TO AN EXPLOSION. IT VEERED TO THE R AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT WITH AN UNUSUAL VIBRATION. THE TKOF WAS IMMEDIATELY ABORTED AND THE ACFT WAS MAINTAINED ON THE RWY. ATC TWR OBSERVED THE ABORT AND INSTRUCTED US TO EXIT THE RWY ON THE L. I TURNED AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE NEXT TURN WHICH WAS RWY 9R ATC TWR IMMEDIATELY ADVISED THAT THEY HAD INTENDED US TO TURN ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE TXWY NOT ONTO THE RWY 9R. WE IMMEDIATELY CLRED RWY 9R AS ADVISED; AND AT NO TIME WAS THE SAFETY OF OUR ACFT OR ANY OTHER ACFT UTILIZING RWY 9R IN JEOPARDY AS A RESULT OF THIS MANEUVER. THE INTENSITY OF OUR SIT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT IT WAS PEAK OPERATING HR AND OPS WERE BEING CONDUCTED TO CONVERGING AND INTERSECTING RWYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SIT. THIS WAS MERELY A MISCOM ERROR; I BELIEVE ON BOTH PARTS OR MAYBE JUST MY PART. INSTRUCTIONS WERE BEING ISSUED TO SEVERAL ACFT AT THE TIME AND I COULD HAVE MISSED PART OF THE XMISSION. POSSIBLY WE SHOULD HAVE VERIFIED THE IMMEDIATE TURN WITH ATC; AND CLARIFIED HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.