A HIGH SPD ABORT DEEMED UNNECESSARY AFTER A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A DOOR WARNING IS FOLLOWED BY A TOO EARLY TKOF BEFORE THE BRAKES AND TIRES HAD COMPLETED THEIR COOLING OFF PERIOD AT SEA; WA.

2004-05 · NASA ASRS report 617136

Date: 2004-05 · Aircraft: B737-300 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-hi-speed-abort

Synopsis

A HIGH SPD ABORT DEEMED UNNECESSARY AFTER A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A DOOR WARNING IS FOLLOWED BY A TOO EARLY TKOF BEFORE THE BRAKES AND TIRES HAD COMPLETED THEIR COOLING OFF PERIOD AT SEA; WA.

Narrative

I AM SUBMITTING THIS RPT TO SELF DISCLOSE ON FLT FROM SEA-ZZZ. WE HAD APPROX 1000 LBS OF CTR TANK FUEL. I HAD THE CTR TANK PUMPS ON; AND MADE A MENTAL NOTE THAT I COULD POSSIBLY GET A MASTER CAUTION ON THE TKOF ROLL. ALL THE CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED; AND WE PUSHED BACK; STARTED THE ENGS; AND TAXIED TO RWY 16L. WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF AND APPLIED TOGA AND COMMENCED THE TKOF ROLL. I WAS THE PNF. I SAW THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND LOOKED AT THE ANNUNCIATOR AND I DID NOT SEE THE FUEL LIGHT. THE FO THEN IMMEDIATELY CALLED DOORS. IN MY PREPROGRAMMED MIND I DID NOT HEAR WHAT I EXPECTED AND DID AN RTO. AS I ROLLED OUT I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT RTO WAS NOT THE THING TO HAVE DONE. WE RETURNED TO THE GATE WHERE I MADE THE PA'S AND ASKED THE FO TO START WORKING ON THE BRAKE COOLING TIMES. I CONTACTED DISPATCH; SPOKE WITH MAINT AND OPS. I DID NOT ONCE CHK THE CALCULATIONS THAT THE FO DID FOR BRAKE COOLING. I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT GROSS MISCALCULATIONS WERE MADE ON THE TIMES. WHEN I ARRIVED AT DEST; I WAS REMOVED FROM DUTY. I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED SPECIAL PURPOSES TRAINING COVERING ALL THE AREAS THAT I MADE MISTAKES. IT WAS ONE THING TO DO AN UNNECESSARY RTO; BUT I REALLY FELT TERRIBLE ABOUT THE BRAKE COOLING ERROR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF I HAD JUST TAKEN MORE TIME TO REVIEW EVERYTHING; THIS MISCALCULATION; MORE THAN LIKELY; WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF BOTH PLTS DID GO OVER THE CHARTS. THE SPECIAL TRAINING THAT I RECEIVED REALLY HELPED ME IN SEEING WHERE I WENT WRONG; AND I LEFT FLT STANDARDS WITH A POSITIVE FEELING.

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

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