LEAR 45 FLC TAKE OFF WITHOUT CLRNC AT EGE ARPT DUE TO HURRY UP GET HOMEITIS.

Date: 2002-08 · Aircraft: Fairchild Swearingen Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

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.