AN ATX FLC ATTEMPTED TO TKOF ON THE WRONG RWY AT HOU.
Synopsis
AN ATX FLC ATTEMPTED TO TKOF ON THE WRONG RWY AT HOU.
Narrative
WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF AFTER TAXIING DOWN THE PARALLEL TXWY FOR RWY 4 AT HOU. I ROLLED ONTO THE RWY AT THE JUNCTION OF RWY 4 AND RWY 36 AND LINED UP ON RWY 36 BY MISTAKE. I AND THE TWR CAUGHT MY MISTAKE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AT ABOUT 50 KTS. WE STOPPED; BACK TAXIED TO RWY 4; AND WERE CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 4. AS WE WERE TAXIING DOWN THE PARALLEL; TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF AND TURN L TO 020 DEGS; WHICH I SET WITH THE HDG BUG; BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME I NEGLECTED TO CHK THE CDI THAT WAS SET TO 040 DEGS. I THINK THE LAID BACK ATTITUDE DUE TO EARLY MORNING GO AFTER LONG PREVIOUS DAY AND TWR INSTRUCTION TO TURN L TO 020 DEGS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MISTAKE; I AM NOT SURE! BUT I AM SURE OF HOW I CAUGHT THIS MISTAKE AND HOW TO PREVENT IT AGAIN. AS WE ACCELERATED I NOTICED THE BLACK 1000 FT MARKER AS WE APCHED IT (RWY 4) AND I KNEW THAT I SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN 7000 FT ON RWY 4. SO I STOPPED; THEN CHKED THE CDI. IF I HAD CHKED THE CDI FIRST I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS ASRS RPT. ALSO; THE TWR WAS VERY FORGIVING -- BOTH ON ME AND ON MY EGO!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.