1999-11 · NASA ASRS report 454710
ATL LCL CTLR CLRED B727 FOR TKOF; BUT THEN ABORTED THE FLT BECAUSE OF TFC XING THE RWY.
ACR X WAS CLRED FOR TKOF BY ATLANTA TWR (119.5). ATLANTA TWR ALSO USES ANOTHER FREQ FOR RWY 26R FOR LNDG AND XING RWY 26L. WE JUST STARTED OUR ROLL WHEN THE CAPT CALLED 80 KTS AND THE TWR CALLED TO SAY DISCONTINUE THE TKOF BECAUSE OF XING TFC AT THE W END. WE DID STOP; TAXI BACK; CHK OUR CHARTS FOR BRAKE ENERGY; AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 454815: THE TKOF WAS NORMAL AND I WAS MOSTLY INSIDE CONFIRMING THE ENG INSTS AND PWR SETTINGS. AS I WAS MAKING THE 80 KT CALL TWR SAID SOMETHING; WHICH I DID NOT UNDERSTAND SINCE I WAS TALKING AT THE SAME TIME. TWR SAID ACR X ABORT A SECOND TIME AND WE PULLED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE. I LOOKED TO THE END OF THE RWY TO SEE AN L1011 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A B727 XING THE RWY. THIS SIT WAS CAUSED BY ATLANTA TWR INSISTING ON ALLOWING DIFFERENT ACFT USING THE SAME RWY; BUT BE CTLED ON DIFFERENT RADIO FREQS UNLIKE ANY OTHER ARPT I AM AWARE OF. ATLANTA ALLOWS ACFT TO TAKE OFF ON 125.32; BUT ACFT XING THE RWY AFTER LNDG ON RWY 26R ON FREQ 119.5. PLTS ARE TAKEN OUT OF THE LOOP. WHY CAN'T ATLANTA DO THIS LIKE DFW AND OTHER ARPTS AND REQUIRE LNDG ACFT HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26L AND MONITOR 125.32. ALSO I ALLOWED TWR TO RUSH ME INTO AN EXPEDITED DEP.
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