D328 CREW HAD TKOF ABORT CAUSED BY THE CAPT'S INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF THE STABILIZER TRIM.

Date: 2001-02 · Aircraft: Do 328 TP (Turboprop) · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-new-capt-did-notify-company-of-rto

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.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.