AN SMA PLT 'FORGOT' TO CALL THE ATCT PRIOR TO TKOF.

1995-05 · NASA ASRS report 304048

Date: 1995-05 · Aircraft: PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

AN SMA PLT 'FORGOT' TO CALL THE ATCT PRIOR TO TKOF.

Narrative

I CONTACTED GND TO DETERMINE LCL FIELD CONDITIONS AND ACTIVE RWY. GND NONCHALANTLY RESPONDED WITH 'THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE.' THIS WAS THE LAST CONTACT THAT I HAD WITH GND EVEN THOUGH I REMAINED ON THE FREQ. I PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO RWY 1 (BECAUSE IT WAS MOST CONVENIENT); DID A RUN-UP AT THE HASH LINE. AFTER THE RUN-UP; I CHKED FOR ACFT IN THE PATTERN (THERE WERE NONE). AT THIS POINT I FORGOT THAT I WAS AT A CTLED FIELD; AND THEN ANNOUNCED ON THE TWR FREQ THAT I WAS DEPARTING RWY 1. WHILE I WAS ROLLING; THE TWR CAME BACK AND ASKED WHY I WAS ON THE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC. I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED MY ERROR; ABORTED TKOF (AT REQUEST OF TWR); PULLED OFF AND DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH THE CTLR. THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF MY ERROR AND NO OTHER ACFT WERE AFFECTED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR 'JUST FORGOT' TO CALL THE TWR. AFTER THE TWR DIRECTED ABORT; THE TWR CTLR WAS INITIALLY RATHER HARSH WITH THE RPTR. THERE WAS A CTLR IN THE ACFT WITH THE RPTR WHO THOUGHT THAT THE TWR CTLR MIGHT HAVE BEEN 'HAVING A BAD DAY' AS HE MADE SUCH A POINT OF THE TRANSGRESSION. THE RPTR HAS NOT HEARD FROM THE FAA SINCE THIS INCIDENT AND THE FBO THAT OWNS THE ACFT HAS NOT HEARD EITHER. THE RPTR WAS ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE SIT BY NOT FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE TWR CTLR.

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

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