CE525 FLC LINES UP ON RWY EDGE LIGHTS AND ATTEMPTS TKOF AT MDW; INCURRING ACFT DAMAGE DUE TO BRAKING RWY EDGE LIGHTS.

2003-01 · NASA ASRS report 570737

Date: 2003-01 · Aircraft: Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown|ground-excursion-runway|other-improper-rwy-line-up

Synopsis

CE525 FLC LINES UP ON RWY EDGE LIGHTS AND ATTEMPTS TKOF AT MDW; INCURRING ACFT DAMAGE DUE TO BRAKING RWY EDGE LIGHTS.

Narrative

WE TAXIED OUT OF FBO AT XA28 LCL TIME FOR THE RETURN FLT TO INT. OUR TAXI CLRNC WAS TO RWY 31C VIA K AND F TXWYS. SHORTLY AFTER REACHING RWY 31C; WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF WITH A L TURN OUT. I LINED UP IN THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AREA AND CTRED MYSELF (OR SO I THOUGHT) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTANT RED THRESHOLD LIGHTS. THERE WERE NO OTHER LIGHTS THAT I SAW TO INDICATE THAT I WAS ANYWHERE; BUT CTRED UP. THIS WAS MY LEG (THE CAPT'S); AND I PUSHED UP PWR AS THE FO COMPLETED THE TKOF CHKLIST. JUST AS WE REACHED THE RED THRESHOLD LIGHTS AT APPROX 60 KTS; THE FO SAID THAT I WAS ON THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. IMMEDIATELY WE FELT A VIBRATION AND THE FO SAID WE'D BLOWN A TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY REJECTED THE TKOF; AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO PULL HEAVILY TO THE R. I STOOD ON THE L RUDDER PEDAL TO HOLD THE AIRPLANE ON THE RWY AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO. LATE IN THE REJECTED TKOF; I WAS ABLE TO GET MY FEET UP ON THE BRAKES; BUT THE ACFT SKEWED TO THE L; AND I HAD TO LET OFF THE BRAKES. AS OUR SPD REDUCED; WE WERE ABLE TO EXIT AT TXWY A AND STOP CLR OF THE RWY. VISUAL EXAMINATION AFTER SHUTDOWN REVEALED A SHREDDED R MAIN TIRE; R BRAKE LINES TORN LOOSE AND LEAKING; R ANTI-SKID WIRING RIPPED APART; R MAIN GEAR DOOR MISSING AND SOME FLAP DAMAGE. AT THIS POINT; WE DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD HIT ANYTHING; BECAUSE WE NEVER FELT OR HEARD AN IMPACT AT ANY POINT IN THE TKOF RUN. THE SOLE PAX WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO FBO AND THEN GND PERSONNEL PUT THE R MAIN GEAR ON A DOLLY AND THE ACFT WAS TOWED BACK TO FBO. THE NEXT DAY; CITY OPS TOOK US OUT TO RWY 31C; WHERE WE SAW WHAT CAUSED THE R MAIN TIRE TO BLOW. WE HAD INADVERTENTLY LINED UP ON THE R RWY EDGE LINE AND HAD TAKEN OUT 5 RWY EDGE LIGHTS WITH THE R MAIN GEAR.

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

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