2004-01 · NASA ASRS report 604267
B757-200 CREW WAS ISSUED A HIGH SPD ABORTED TKOF AT SVMI.
ABORTED TKOF. DEPARTING CCS HELD SHORT FOR 3 ARRIVING ACFT. AFTER THIRD ACFT LANDED; WERE GIVEN POS; HOLD WHILE WAITING FOR ACFT TO CLR RWY. WE NOTICED COMMUTER ACFT ON ANGLING APCH TO FINAL AND I MENTIONED IT WAS GOING TO BE 'TIGHT' AND WONDERED ALOUD IF HE WOULD BE CLRED TO LAND ON TXWY F AS THE ARPT PAGE STATES 'LCL AIRLINES OCCASIONALLY USE IT AS A RWY.' HOWEVER; SINCE CTLR WAS SPEAKING TO THAT ACFT IN SPANISH WE DID NOT KNOW CTLR'S INTENTIONS. WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED FOR AN 'IMMEDIATE' TKOF AND AFTER READBACK OF CLRNC AND COMPLETION OF TKOF CHKLIST; TKOF WAS INITIATED. DURING XFER OF THROTTLES TO CAPT (IT WAS MY; FO'S; TKOF). WE FIRST HEARD A COMMAND IN SPANISH FROM THE TWR CTLR; FOLLOWED BY A COMMAND FOR US TO 'ABORT TKOF' WHICH COINCIDED ALMOST EXACTLY WITH THE 80 KT CALL BY THE CAPT. THE CAPT THEN INITIATED THE UNEVENTFUL ABORT AT 90 KTS. AFTER THE ACFT WAS STOPPED; THE TWR INFORMED US THE ABORT AS REQUIRED DUE TO A 'TFC CONFLICT' AND WE NOTICED THE COMMUTER ACFT FLYING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RWY AT 300-400 FT. WE DID NOT QUESTION THE TWR CTLR WHY AN IMMEDIATE TURN WAS NOT ISSUED TO THE COMMUTER (A N TURN OVER THE WATER WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE) VICE ISSUING US AN ABORT COMMAND; BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED. AFTER CLRING THE RWY AND CHKING THE BRAKE COOLING CHART; WE ASKED FOR CLRNC TO THE RAMP FOR THE REQUIRED COOLING PERIOD. AFTER COMPLETING REQUIRED BRAKE COOLING TIME; HAD MAINT CONDUCT INSPECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUAL REQUIREMENT FOR 'HIGH SPD ABORT.' AFTER SUCCESSFUL INSPECTION; CAPT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED RE-RELEASE WITH FUEL ON BOARD AND COMPLETED FLT UNEVENTFULLY.
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