SF340 FLT CREW ABORTS TKOF AFTER DRIFTING RIGHT OF CENTERLINE DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND NOT ENOUGH CORRECTION APPLIED.

Date: 2008-06 · Aircraft: SF 340B · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

SF340 FLT CREW ABORTS TKOF AFTER DRIFTING RIGHT OF CENTERLINE DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND NOT ENOUGH CORRECTION APPLIED.

Narrative

WE WERE TAKING OFF OF RWY XXL IN ZZZ. I WAS FLYING. THERE WAS A R XWIND SO I PUT R AILERON AND L RUDDER. AS WE STARTED ROLLING; THE PLANE STARTED DRIFTING R. I ADDED L RUDDER AND LET OUT SOME OF THE R AILERON. AT AROUND 60 KTS; A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE R WING OFF THE GND. THE CAPT TOOK THE CTLS AND ABORTED THE TKOF. I TOLD ATC THAT WE HAD ABORTED AND WE EXITED THE RWY. WE LATER TOOK OFF OF RWY YY. THE WINDS WERE VERY STRONG. I HAD PARTIAL; BUT NOT FULL; R AILERONS DURING THE TKOF ROLL. I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH XWIND TKOFS OR LNDGS. I SHOULD HAVE PUT R AILERON AND MAYBE RECONSIDERED A TKOF FROM THAT RWY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH XWIND. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 789753: IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD. THE ACFT WAS ALREADY A LITTLE R OF CTRLINE; THE NOSE WAS POINTING TO THE R AND GOING THAT WAY. THE ABORT WAS STANDARD AND OCCURRED BEFORE 80 KTS. WE PULLED OFF THE RWY; DID THE ABORT CHKLISTS; CALLED MAINT TO CONFER WITH THEM. DISPATCH WAS CALLED LATER. AFTER 20 MINS; TAXIED BACK FOR TKOF. ONCE HOLDING AT THE RWY XXR; THE WIND STARTED TO PICK UP AND WE THEN TAXIED TO RWY YY FOR TKOF.

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