1996-01 · NASA ASRS report 326043
TWR CTLR ORDERED FLC OF A WDB TO ABORT TKOF DUE TO MISSED APCH TFC XING ON AN INTERSECTING RWY.
DURING OUR TKOF FROM RWY 27L ORD ON JAN/XX/96 AT APPROX XX00 LCL TIME WE INITIATED AN ABORTED TKOF AFTER THE TWR CTLR CALLED AN ABORT TO US. THE CTLR ASKED US IF WE WERE AIRBORNE. IT WAS THE CAPT'S TKOF; I NOTIFIED TWR THAT WE WERE ON TKOF ROLL; THIS WAS AT APPROX 130 KTS. V1 WAS 149 KTS. APCHING 140 KTS THE CTLR TOLD US; ACR X ABORT YOUR TKOF. OUR ABORT TOOK PLACE AT ABOUT 140 KTS. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED WITH APPROX 2000 FT REMAINING OF RWY; AFTER MAX REJECTED TKOF BRAKING AND REVERSERS. WE EXPEDITED OUR EXIT OF THE RWY AND NOTIFIED TWR. THE CTLR WAS NOT AWARE OF OUR HIGH SPD WHEN HE CALLED OUT THE ABORT. THE VISIBILITY WAS ABOUT 1/2 MI FOG. THE CTLR TOLD US HE HAD HAD ANOTHER ACR X ACFT GO MISSED APCH ON THE CROSS RWY; AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CONFLICT BTWN THE 2 ACFT. THE ABORT WAS UNEVENTFUL; HOWEVER; BECAUSE OF HIGH GROSS WT AND SPD; FOLLOWED THE BRAKE COOLING CHARTS THAT REQUIRED US TO RETURN TO THE RAMP AREA FOR WHAT WAS ABOUT 1 HR AND 30 MINS OF COOLING TIME AND A BRAKE INSPECTION BY MAINT. PAX WERE INFORMED OF THE SIT AND APPEARED TO BE VERY UNDERSTANDING. I FELT AS DID THE CAPT THAT THE ABORT CALL BY THE TWR WAS APPROPRIATE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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