E190, Nice France, 2017

E190, Nice France, 2017

Summary

On 6 November 2017, an Embraer E190 cleared for a normal visibility night takeoff at Nice began it on a parallel taxiway without ATC awareness until it had exceeded 80 knots when ATC noticed and a rejected takeoff was instructed and accomplished without any consequences. The Investigation found that although both pilots were familiar with Nice, their position monitoring relative to taxi clearance was inadequate and both had demonstrated a crucial lack of awareness of the colour difference between taxiway and runway lighting. Use of non-standard communications phraseology by both controllers and flight crew was also found to be contributory.

Description

On 6 November 2017, an Embraer ERJ190-100LR (CS-TPV) being operated by Portugalia on a scheduled international passenger flight from Nice to Lisbon lined up on the taxiway parallel to runway 04L and, when cleared, commenced takeoff on it without the TWR controller noticing. By the time he did notice, the aircraft had travelled about 550 metres and was continuing to accelerate above 85 knots at which point he cancelled the takeoff clearance and the aircraft stopped without any consequences. Ten minutes later, the flight departed from the runway and was completed without further event.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the French Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Agency, the BEA. Recorded ATC data and FDR data were obtained but the CVR data was not preserved even though the Captain stated that he had been aware that the event would be subject to investigation as a Serious Incident as he had “not thought about it”.

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