A CPR PLT RPTS NONSTANDARD TWR PHRASEOLOGY. TKOF ABORTED.

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

A CPR PLT RPTS NONSTANDARD TWR PHRASEOLOGY. TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative

THERE WAS A DELAY OF 35 MINS AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY TO TKOF RWY 1 MKC. THE TWR CTLR; I FEEL; USED SOME NONSTANDARD PHRASEOLOGY WHEN HE ASKED US IF WE COULD MAKE A TURN TO THE NE INSIDE THE ARPT BOUNDARIES AND SAID IT IN A WAY THAT WAS MISINTERPRETED BY THE COPLT AS CLRED FOR TKOF. AS I BEGAN THE TKOF ROLL; WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO ABORT THE TKOF ROLL DUE TO LNDG TFC ON RWY 3. HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD US TO TAXI BACK TO THE RWY AND GAVE US CLRNC TO DEPART AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE LONG DELAY IN DEPARTING FROM THE PLT'S POINT OF VIEW AND CTLR'S; DUE TO STACKING UP OF INBOUND AND DEPARTING ACFT. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME URGENCY OF BOTH PARTIES CONCERNED TO GET GOING. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO ABORT THE TKOF ROLL WITHOUT INCIDENT. I FEEL THAT BY NOT CONFIRMING THE TKOF CLRNC AS I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE; INSTEAD OF TRUSTING THE COPLT'S WORDS; THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. MY PERCEPTION OF THE WHOLE SIT AND NOT TO PLACE BLAME; BUT THE CTLRS NEED TO WEIGH THEIR WORDS MORE CAREFULLY AND ATTEMPT TO NOT HAVE THEIR REQUESTS LEFT OPEN-ENDED.

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