C172 DEP FROM BFI INITIATES TKOF PRIOR TO ATC CLRNC AND PREVIOUS LNDG ACFT EXITING RWY.
Synopsis
C172 DEP FROM BFI INITIATES TKOF PRIOR TO ATC CLRNC AND PREVIOUS LNDG ACFT EXITING RWY.
Narrative
ACFT #1; B737. AT B-10; HOLDING SHORT OF RWY. ACFT #2; CITABRIA; AT A-10; HOLDING SHORT OF RWY OPPOSITE SIDE. ACFT #3 (ME); C172-SP; AT A-9; HOLDING SHORT OF RWY. THE RWY IN DISCUSSION IS 10001 FT. B-10 IS FULL LENGTH. A-10 IS LESS APPROX 2000 FT; AND A-9 IS APPROX 4000 FT LESS THAN FULL LENGTH (ESTIMATED CONSERVATIVELY). I CALLED TWR #3; AFTER THE B737 AND CITABRIA; STATING 'READY TO GO RWY 31L; A-9; HOLDING SHORT.' WE ALL HELD FOR THE LONG LNDG LEAR WHO TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 1000 FT BEYOND (UPWIND) OF ME. I STATED TO MY STUDENT THAT THE WINDS WERE MOVING ANY WAKE TURB CONCERNS AWAY FROM US. THEN THE B737 WAS INSTRUCTED POS AND HOLD; THE CITABRIA WAS INSTRUCTED POS AND HOLD AND THEN I WAS INSTRUCTED POS AND HOLD. I RESPONDED 'POS AND HOLD;' HOWEVER; I ROLLED INTO POS AND THEN EXPEDITED MY DEP WITHOUT A TKOF CLRNC. MY VFR DEP PROC CONSISTED OF AN EARLY L TURN AT 600 FT AGL. THE GRIEVANCE FILED AGAINST ME IS REGARDING ACFT SEPARATION DUE TO THE LEAR THAT WAS EXITING THE ACTIVE AT A-1; A STRAIGHT LINE DISTANCE GREATER THAN 5280 FT FROM MY POS AND HOLD AND TXWY A-1. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) SITUATIONAL PRESSURE DUE TO BEING POSITIONED #1 OF 3 ACFT ON THE ACTIVE RWY (IN POS AND HOLD); ONE OF WHICH WAS A B737 THAT WAS HOLDING SHORT READY; LONG BEFORE MY TKOF REQUEST. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO MY PRE CLRNC LAUNCH. 2) I ANNOUNCED IN THE COCKPIT ON THE ROLL TO POS AND HOLD THE EXPECTED 'EXPEDITED DEP CLRNC;' AND BELIEVE THAT THIS CALLOUT IN THE COCKPIT DICTATED MY EXPEDITED BEHAVIOR. 3) THE FINAL AND MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTING FACTOR MAY HAVE BEEN PLT FATIGUE. I PROCEEDED WITH THIS FLT EARLY MORNING AFTER A LONGER THAN EXPECTED NIGHT FLT. I HAVE NO OTHER EXPLANATION WHY I WOULD MAKE SUCH A CRITICAL ERROR. PLT FATIGUE: 5 HRS SLEEP; AND THE PRESSURE OF THE MORNING FLT. EXIGENCY OF THE SIT IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED ACTIVE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.
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