D328 CREW HAD TKOF ABORT CAUSED BY THE CAPT'S INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF THE STABILIZER TRIM.
Synopsis
D328 CREW HAD TKOF ABORT CAUSED BY THE CAPT'S INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF THE STABILIZER TRIM.
Narrative
ON FEB/XA/01 WE WERE OPERATING FROM GRR TO MKE. ON THE TKOF ROLL WE GOT A RWP LIGHT AND MASTER WARNING (TKOF CONFIGN) AT APPROX 90 KTS. I WAS THE PF AT THE TIME. THE FO CALLED 'ABORT; ABORT.' I CONDUCTED THE MEMORY ITEMS FOR A TKOF CONFIGN WARNING -- AIRPLANE -- STOP. WE CLRED THE ACTIVE RWY 26L AND ADVISED ATC OF THE SIT. WE FOUND THAT THE TRIM INDICATOR TO BE OUT OF THE GREEN BAND; WHICH SET OFF THE TKOF CONFIGN WARNING. IT APPEARS THAT ON TKOF ROLL; I INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE TRIM SWITCH ON THE YOKE; WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE TKOF CONFIGN WARNING. WE AGAIN COMPLETED AN AFTER LNDG CHKLIST AS WELL AS A TAXI CHKLIST. WE WERE AGAIN CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 26L. AT THAT TIME ANOTHER BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND A NORMAL TKOF WAS DONE. INACTION ON OUR PART WAS THE FAILURE TO CONTACT OUR DISPATCH TO ADVISE THEM OF THE REJECTED TKOF. I FEEL THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT WERE THAT IT WAS OUR 6TH DAY ON DUTY WITH 3 STAND-UP OVERNIGHTS TAKING PLACE EARLIER IN THE WK (FATIGUE). A TRAINING BULLETIN SHOULD BE WRITTEN OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF USING ELEVATOR TRIM ON THE TKOF PHASE OF FLT.
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