B737 FLT CREW DEPARTS RWY 7L AT A6 IN LAS WITHOUT ASSOCIATED DATA.
Synopsis
B737 FLT CREW DEPARTS RWY 7L AT A6 IN LAS WITHOUT ASSOCIATED DATA.
Narrative
WE WERE TAXIING OUT FOR AN INTXN TKOF AT RWY 7L AT INTXN A8 IN LAS. THERE WERE A FEW ACFT HOLDING SHORT WAITING TO TAKE OFF AND AS WE APCHED INTXN A6; THE TWR ASKED IF WE COULD ACCEPT A TKOF FROM THAT INTXN. I REMEMBERED A STOPPING MARGIN OF OVER 4500 FT WITH A REDUCED PWR TKOF FROM INTXN A8. AFTER LOOKING AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM; I ESTIMATED THE RWY AVAILABLE WOULD BE ABOUT 9000 FT FROM INTXN A6. IN MY MIND I JUSTIFIED ACCEPTING THE CLRNC BECAUSE OF THE LARGE REDUCTION TKOF FROM INTXN A8; LACK OF TERRAIN E OF THE FIELD; THE GOOD FIELD CONDITIONS; AND MY ESTIMATED 9000 FT OF RWY AVAILABLE FROM INTXN A6. AS I TOLD THE FO TO ACCEPT THE CLRNC; HE ASKED IF WE HAD THE NUMBERS. I INCORRECTLY ASSUMED THAT SINCE WE TAKE OFF MANY PLACES WITH LESS RWY AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO TERRAIN; THE COMPUTER WOULD HAVE THE DATA. I COMMITTED A CRM BLUNDER AND DISREGARDED HIS CONCERN ABOUT DATA AND TOOK OFF WITHOUT UPDATING TKOF DATA FROM THE NEW INTXN. HAD I STOPPED THE ACFT AND CHKED THE DATA PER THE FOM; I WOULD HAVE REALIZED THE COMPANY DOES NOT ALLOW A TKOF FROM THAT INTXN. AS MY MIND RACED ON DEP; I REALIZED MY MISTAKE. MY FO DID ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND I TOTALLY SCREWED UP BY NOT ADEQUATELY ACKNOWLEDGING HIS CONCERNS. THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT I'M BEATING MYSELF UP MOST ABOUT. I DISREGARDED THE BACKUP WHO IS THERE TO MONITOR ME AND BE THE SAFETY NET. I AM AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE DATA FOR EACH TKOF AND SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE ACFT; TOLD ATC WE NEEDED TO RUN NUMBERS WITHOUT THE FO ASKING THE QUESTION. I HAD ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AFTER THE FO RAISED HIS CONCERN. IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 1 MIN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 785595: IN RETROSPECT; THE CAPT AND I AGREED THAT IT WAS A DUMB MISTAKE THAT WAS EASILY AVOIDED. THE CAPT 'ASSUMED' THAT WE HAD DATA FROM THAT INTXN AND I THOUGHT THE CAPT 'KNEW.'
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.