AN ACR BA32 FLC; APPARENTLY TOOK OFF WITHOUT A TKOF CLRNC FROM SBN. FLC COMPLAIN OF FATIGUE.

Date: 1997-05 · Aircraft: Jetstream 32 · Phase: takeoff

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

Synopsis

AN ACR BA32 FLC; APPARENTLY TOOK OFF WITHOUT A TKOF CLRNC FROM SBN. FLC COMPLAIN OF FATIGUE.

Narrative

SBN TWR INFORMED US THAT WE HAD DEPARTED WITHOUT TKOF CLRNC. THE FO AND I WERE (OBVIOUSLY) UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO GO. SINCE BOTH THE FO AND I ARE BOTH RESPONSIBLE; ACCOMPLISHED PLTS WITH NO HISTORY OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS; I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT FATIGUE PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS DAY'S EVENTS. I HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO FLY 9 LEGS ON THE PREVIOUS DAY; ALL OF WHICH CONTAINED SIGNIFICANT WX FLYING; INST APCHS; AND NO AUTOPLT. THE DUTY DAY WAS ALMOST 14 HRS LONG. THE NIGHT PREVIOUS; I HAD HAD 8 HRS AND 2 MINS OF REDUCED REST WHICH WAS FURTHER REDUCED SINCE OUR CREW HOTEL IS LOCATED 20 MINS AWAY FROM THE ARPT. THE DAY OF THIS INCIDENT; I HAD RPTED FOR DUTY AT EARLY MORNING HRS AND HAD BEEN ON DUTY FOR 10 HRS WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE COMPANY'S SCHEDULING PRACTICES AND THE FAA'S REST REQUIREMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 368155: FATIGUE WAS INVOLVED DUE TO THE PRIOR NIGHT'S REDUCED REST AFTER A LONG DUTY DAY WITH MULTIPLE FLT LEGS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPTS. THIS REDUCED REST INCLUDED 2 LONG TAXI RIDES TO AND FROM THE HOTEL. AFTER THE REDUCED REST; AGAIN I FLEW MULTIPLE FLT LEGS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPTS; AGAIN; IN ADVERSE WX CONDITIONS.

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