A CANADAIR CL65 REJECTED TKOF ON A SHORT RWY WITH A HIGH ENERGY STOP. MADE SECOND TKOF FROM LONGER RWY WITHOUT BRAKE COOLING.

Date: 2002-09 · Aircraft: Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

A CANADAIR CL65 REJECTED TKOF ON A SHORT RWY WITH A HIGH ENERGY STOP. MADE SECOND TKOF FROM LONGER RWY WITHOUT BRAKE COOLING.

Narrative

THIS COMMENTARY CONCERNS THE EVENTS OF A FLT UPON WHICH I ACTED AS A FO DURING MY FIRST TRIP ON IOE. ONCE WE HAD ARRIVED ON OUR INBOUND FLT; I PERFORMED THE WALKAROUND (POSTFLT/PREFLT) AND NOTED NO ABNORMALITIES. I COPIED OUR ATIS; RECEIVED OUR CLRNC; SET THE V-SPDS; DETERMINED OUR THRUST SETTINGS AND MAX TKOF WT BASED ON THE PROJECTED AND CURRENT RWY IN USE (OVER 10000 FT LONG). ONCE ALL PAPERWORK WAS DONE; CLRNC WAS RECEIVED TO TAXI TO THE LONGER RWY UPON WHICH THE CAPT REQUESTED A NEARER AND SHORTER RWY (5600 FT). I QUESTIONED THE USE OF THE RWY DUE TO HIGH TEMP (OUTSIDE AIR TEMP); ACFT LOADING; AND THE FACT THAT PERFORMANCE NUMBERS HAD NOT BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE SHORTER RWY. THE CAPT FORGED AHEAD IN SPITE OF MY CONTINUED OBJECTIONS AND PROCEEDED TO ATTEMPT A TKOF ON THE SHORTER RWY. AS WE ACCELERATED DOWN THE RWY; AND I CALLED OUT THE AIRSPD; THE CAPT WISELY DECIDED TO ABORT. HE SUCCESSFULLY REJECTED THE TKOF AND TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY. AS A RESULT OF THE REJECTED TKOF THE BRAKE TEMPS WERE HOT AND I NOTIFIED THE CAPT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HOLD IN POS ON THE RAMP TO ALLOW THE BRAKES TO COOL BEFORE A SECOND TKOF COULD BE MADE. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER; I ASKED THE CAPT IF HE WOULD LIKE ME TO CONTACT GND TO REQUEST A PLACE TO HOLD. HE SAID 'NO' AND THAT WE WOULD TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY. I OBJECTED 3-4 TIMES STATING THAT I DID NOT THINK WE SHOULD ATTEMPT THE TKOF DUE TO HIGH BRAKE TEMPS; LACK OF COOLING; EFFECT ON THE TIRES; AND WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE ON A SECOND REJECTED TKOF. AT THIS POINT THE CAPT CHOSE TO IGNORE MY OBJECTIONS. HE TOOK OFF AND THE FLT PROCEEDED NORMALLY TO OUR DEST. IN SUMMARY; THE CAPT USED POOR JUDGEMENT AND IN SPITE OF REPEATED OBJECTIONS BY MYSELF; ATTEMPTED A TKOF ON A RWY WHICH WAS TOO SHORT FOR THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. HE THEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A REJECTED TKOF AND THEN TOOK OFF ON THE LONGER AND APPROPRIATE RWY WITH HIGH BRAKE TEMPS WITHOUT THE MANDATORY COOLING TIMES AS STATED IN THE FLT MANUAL. THE CAPT IGNORED MY INPUT AND SEEMED INTENT ON USING BAD JUDGEMENT IN SPITE OF OBVIOUS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS. I AND MY STRONG OBJECTIONS. IT SEEMED THAT THE CAPT BECAME A 1-MAN CREW AND PROPER CRM STOPPED.

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