LEAR 45 FLC TAKE OFF WITHOUT CLRNC AT EGE ARPT DUE TO HURRY UP GET HOMEITIS.
Synopsis
LEAR 45 FLC TAKE OFF WITHOUT CLRNC AT EGE ARPT DUE TO HURRY UP GET HOMEITIS.
Narrative
ON OUR FINAL DAY OF A 6 DAY ROTATION ON THE ROAD; WE WERE INFORMED OF A POS LEG TO EAGLE; CO; FROM DENVER CENTENNIAL ARPT. THEN WE WERE TO GO 'LIVE' TO TRAVERSE CITY; MI; TO DROP 2; AND THEN POS THE ACFT TO CHICAGO O'HARE ARPT TO CREW SWAP. WHILE OUR PAX SHOWED EARLY; WE WERE STILL TRYING TO EXPEDITE THINGS SO WE COULD MAKE AN EARLIER FLT HOME. AFTER START UP; WE TAXIED OUT TO RWY 28. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE END; WE WERE FINISHED WITH OUR CHKLISTS. WE DIDN'T CALL READY UNTIL THE ACFT ON FINAL HAD TOUCHED DOWN. WHEN WE DID CALL READY; WE WERE GIVEN A 'POS AND HOLD' CLRNC. WHILE WE WERE POSITIONING ONTO THE RWY; I ADDED TO MY TKOF BRIEF THAT I WOULD HOLD THE BRAKES UNTIL THE PWR WAS ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP. I THEN PROCEEDED TO ASK FOR LINE-UP ITEMS ON THE CHKLIST AND THEN I PWRED UP AND ROLLED. UPON LIFTOFF; WE HEARD TWR SAY 'ACFT X; DISREGARD.' I THEN GLANCED DOWN AND VERIFIED TO MY DISMAY THAT THE LNDG LIGHTS WERE STILL OFF. THIS IMMEDIATELY TRANSLATED WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED INTO REALITY. A BIT OF GET HOMEITIS ACCOMPANIED BY A BIT OF FATIGUE WAS PARTLY TO BLAME; BUT ATTN TO DETAIL AND STAYING SHARP WAS DEFINITELY NOT PART OF THIS SEGMENT. I'LL BET I DON'T SEND IN THE SAME RPT EVER AGAIN THOUGH.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.