AN ACR CREW STARTS TKOF WITHOUT CLRNC. NONSTANDARD ATC TERMINOLOGY AND CREW EXPERIENCE ARE ISSUES.
Synopsis
AN ACR CREW STARTS TKOF WITHOUT CLRNC. NONSTANDARD ATC TERMINOLOGY AND CREW EXPERIENCE ARE ISSUES.
Narrative
WE DEPARTED THE GATE APPROX 45 MINS LATE WITH THE ACARS DEFERRED. DUE TO MY INEXPERIENCE; I WAS MORE ABSORBED THAN NORMAL IN MY TAXI OUT PROCS AND I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH LOAD PLANNING AND GETTING A VERBAL MANIFEST CHK. I HAD XFERRED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING VHF #1 TO THE CAPT. I WAS STILL VERY MUCH 'HEADS DOWN' WITH THE WTS AND CHKLIST AS WE APCHED AND ENTERED THE RWY. IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER WE HAD TAKEN POS AND HOLD DID I RECONFIGURE MY COM PANEL BACK TO VHF #1. AS A RESULT; I HAD NOT ACTUALLY MONITORED THE ATC CLRNC FOR POS AND HOLD. THE FINAL ITEMS WERE JUST COMPLETE AND THE CAPT ASKED 'ARE YOU READY?' I SAID I WAS. WE BEGAN THE TKOF ROLL; AND AT 40 KTS THE TWR CALLED AND SAID 'HOLD YOUR POS.' THE CAPT IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE TKOF. IT BECAME CLR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CLRNC FOR TKOF. WE EXITED THE RWY; AND TAXIED BACK FOR A N UNEVENTFUL TKOF. I CAN SAY THAT A QUESTION ABOUT OUR CLRNC FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND WHEN ASKED IF I WAS READY; HOWEVER; I SUPPRESSED IT AS IT SEEMED THE CAPT WAS CLR ABOUT OUR CLRNC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 520502: STARTED TKOF BEFORE TWR CLRED US. TWR GAVE COMMAND TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD. WE SAID WE WEREN'T READY; TWR SAID ONTO HOLD YOU CAN GO WHEN READY. STARTED TKOF AND TWR SAID WE WERE NOT CLRED. WE ABORTED AT 35-40 KTS. EXITED RWY AT TXWY G ON RWY 1L; TAXIED BACK AND HAD NORMAL FLT. I FELT THAT I (CAPT) MISSED THAT THE FO WAS OVERLOADED AND FELL INTO TRAP OF TAKING RWY BEFORE WE WERE READY. ALSO I HAD 38 HRS OF DEADHEAD AND FLYING IN THE LAST 6 DAYS CAUSING A FATIGUE PROB. OTHER FACTORS ARE: NO ACARS; NEW FO; AND TWR TRAINEE WHO USED NEW TERMINOLOGY. TRAINEE IN TWR DID SEE US IMMEDIATELY. TO HIS CREDIT. THIS PREVENTED A LATER ABORT FOR US. WHEN WE DID ABORT; WE WERE VERY SLOW; BUT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
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