A DEPARTING DC8 FREIGHTER TURNS BEFORE HE REACHES 1500 FT AS PER CLRNC FROM LERT MIL FACILITY TWR; FO.
Synopsis
A DEPARTING DC8 FREIGHTER TURNS BEFORE HE REACHES 1500 FT AS PER CLRNC FROM LERT MIL FACILITY TWR; FO.
Narrative
WE WERE CLRED FOR R TURN TO VJF VOR PASSING 1500 FT. AS WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF; WE WERE ADVISED THERE WAS A TSTM AT THE END OF RWY 10. WE LOOKED AT IT ON RADAR AND ADVISED WE WOULD NEED A TURN TO R OR L; HIS CHOICE. WE STARTED THE ROLL; AND HE ADVISED TO HOLD POS. WE ADVISED HIM WE WERE ROLLING AND THEN WE ABORTED THE TKOF AND ADVISED THE TWR. WE THEN WERE CLRED BACK TO THE RWY ON THE PARALLEL TXWY. THIS IS WHEN WE GOT THE SECOND CLRNC TO TURN R TO VJR VOR PASSING 1500 FT. WE THEN STARTED THE TKOF AGAIN. THE TSTM CELL WAS SHOWING RED ON OUR RADAR; SO AT APPROX 1000 FT WE STARTED A R TURN TO AVOID THE CELL. WE WERE APPROX 1800 FT WHEN WE ROLLED OUT ON THE HDG TO VJF VOR. WE WERE ADVISED BY THE TWR THAT WE HAD VIOLATED SPANISH HELI AIRSPACE. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME CONFUSION IN THE TWR ALL DURING THIS OP; POSSIBLY SOME TRAINING TAKING PLACE; BUT WE CONSIDERED THIS A SAFETY OF FLT ISSUE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 432120: MANY CLARIFICATIONS HAD TO BE REQUESTED TO GET A SID THAT DID NOT REQUIRE A TACAN. I HAVE REQUESTED THE AUDIO TAPES OF THE ENTIRE EVENT BE SAVED BY ROTA NAS TWR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.