TKOF ABORTED AFTER EICAS SYS ALERTS CREW TO THE FACT THAT THE FLAPS WERE NOT SET FOR TKOF.

Date: 1995-07 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

TKOF ABORTED AFTER EICAS SYS ALERTS CREW TO THE FACT THAT THE FLAPS WERE NOT SET FOR TKOF.

Narrative

WE WERE DEPARTING RWY 34 AT SLC. THE CAPT WAS MAKING THE TKOF. WHEN HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLES FOR TKOF THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE EICAS SCREEN SHOWED A 'FLAPS' WARNING. WE QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT THE FLAPS WERE FULLY RETRACTED. WE HAD STARTED ROLLING; BUT I ESTIMATE OUR SPD NEVER EXCEEDED 25 KTS. THE CAPT DECIDED TO REJECT THE TKOF; AND WE ROLLED TO TXWY H3. I NOTIFIED THE TWR OF OUR REJECTED TKOF AND THEY TOLD US TO EXIT THE RWY AT H3. WE TAXIED BACK AND MADE A NORMAL DEP. CLRLY; WE FORGOT TO SET THE FLAPS FOR TKOF. IT IS OUR COMPANY PROC FOR THE CAPT TO CALL FOR THE FO TO SET TKOF FLAPS AS WE EXIT THE RAMP. HE FAILED TO DO SO. IT IS ALSO OUR PROC FOR THE CAPT TO CALL FOR THE 'BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST' IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PF GIVES THE TKOF BRIEFING. HE FAILED TO DO SO. IT IS THE FO'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BACK THE CAPT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FLAPS WERE SET. I FAILED TO DO SO. OUR RAMP IS VERY CLOSE TO THE DEP END OF THE RWY; SO WE WERE KIND OF RUSHING TO GET READY FOR DEP. I FEEL THAT THE MAIN FACTORS IN THIS MISTAKE WERE THE CAPT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW STANDARD PROCS; AND MY FAILURE TO BACK HIM UP.

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