2006-08 · NASA ASRS report 705606
A B737-700 CREW REJECTED A TKOF FOR AN ENG BLEED TRIP LIGHT AND FAILED TO HAVE MAINT EXAMINE THE ACFT AFTER SUCCESSFULLY RESETTING THE FAULT.
ALL PROCS AND CHKLISTS PRIOR TO TKOF WERE NORMAL. THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BLEEDS OFF TKOF RWY 33L AT ZZZ. THIS WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE MORE FAVORABLE TO THIS RWY; 340 DEGS 8 KTS; WE HAD GREATER STOPPING MARGIN WITH BLEEDS OFF VERSUS BLEEDS ON; 667 VERSUS 366; AND WE WERE ALREADY 46 MINS LATE AND THIS WAS A MUCH SHORTER TAXI. ON TKOF; I POSITIONED THRUST LEVERS TO LET ENGS STABILIZE; THEN TO TKOF PWR. JUST AFTER GETTING TKOF PWR; ESTIMATING 40-50 KTS; GOT MASTER CAUTION AND R BLEED TRIP OFF LIGHT. REJECTED THE TKOF; ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH REJECTED TKOF PROC. AFTER CLRING THE RWY AND STOPPING; WE ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH PROC FOR THE BLEED TRIP-OFF (BLEEDS OFF TKOF). THE TRIP RESET BUTTON CLRED THE LIGHT AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE EVALUATED BRAKE ENERGY AND BECAUSE WE WERE BARELY MOVING; THIS WAS NOT A FACTOR. LOOKED AT THE MEL TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY DISPATCH OR MAINT ITEMS TO BE MET AND FOUND NONE. BECAUSE ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL; WE ELECTED TO CONTINUE. THE FO AND I WERE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT AS TO THIS COURSE OF ACTION. SUBSEQUENT TKOF WAS UNEVENTFUL. KNOWING THAT THIS OVERPRESSURE PROB IN THE -700 IS MORE COMMON THAN RARE; WE ELECTED TO DO A NORMAL BLEEDS ON TKOF RWY 24. BECAUSE THE SECOND TKOF ATTEMPT WAS NOT A BLEEDS OFF TKOF; I CALLED DISPATCH AND MAINT UPON ARR TO SEE IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE ANY WRITE-UPS. I WAS CONCERNED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL FOR ME; BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT CREW THAT HAD TO FLY THE ACFT THE NEXT MORNING? INITIALLY THE MAINT CTLR INDICATED THAT WE PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING; BUT AFTER FURTHER CONSULTATION HE DECIDED TO HAVE ME WRITE UP THE BLEED TRIP-OFF LIGHT. I SUBMITTED AN IRREGULARITY RPT FOR THE REJECTED TKOF THE NEXT MORNING AND COMPLETED THE TRIP YESTERDAY. TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM THE CHIEF PLT TO DISCUSS THE IRREGULARITY RPT. HE SUGGESTED THAT I DO THIS RPT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SURE IF MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO THE GATE AFTER THE REJECTED TKOF. I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY (AND I MAY BE WRONG) BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IN MY MIND I DID NOT HAVE A MALFUNCTION TO WRITE UP; EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE MEL; QRH; OR FOM THAT I COULD FIND TO WARRANT GOING BACK TO THE GATE.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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