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16-6694 —
Navy Convoy Flt 4781 Rejecting ....
** Runway 17L at KRNO is 9000 feet long. It was the only runway available for use by this Navy Convoy flight. Parallel Runway 17R was (and still is) closed, and the cross runway is too short. **
As it is about to pass the "7" (seven thousand feet remaining) sign while on its takeoff roll, the pilots begin rejecting the takeoff.
This photo, one picture of a 43 photo sequence, is the second picture in the series that shows the smoke from the burning rubber of the tires and overheating brakes. This photo does not show the deployment of the thrust reversers and the dirtying of the wings but later pictures do show the use of those additional stopping measures and the Clipper was successfully brought to a full stop one thousand feet later adjacent to the 6000 foot remaining sign. The Clipper was immediately directed off the active and on to Bravo where it was met by responding emergency equipment. The pilot initially requested to evacuate his full load of passengers on to Taxiway Bravo, but afer a 'first-look' examination by Ops the evacuation request was held off until the aircraft moved to the November apron where it was immediately evacuated via standard mobile stairways.
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The actual "reason" for the Aborted Takeoff was radioed as "Unsafe Takeoff Indication." What that meant was / is unknown to me. However, given the hard degree of brake application with the Clipper still having 7000 feet of runway remaining in which to stop, I'd say whatever the "Unsafe Indication" was, it was serious enough to mean the pilots felt they had to shut down the roll very quickly.
I've seen Rejections in the past, and this one certainly ranks up there as one of the most harshly conducted. In fact, I have sequence pics similar to the sequence of this Clipper of a Sun Country military charter that was into its takeoff roll right next to me down runway 34R (the runway now numbered 35R) (same runway as this Clipper but the other end) when the pilots rejected, and all they did was throttle back, brake gently, and let it roll to a stop. In this instance, not only were the brakes applied so heavily that they overheated, but a later picture in this sequence shows the wing spoilers, ailerons, and flaps were deployed AND the engine reversers were also deployed and the fully fueled and pax-loaded Clipper was brought to a full stop in just 1000 feet. So whatever the UNSAFE indication was in THIS incident, it must have been UNSAFE enough that the Clipper's Departure roll needed to be shut down quickly.
No matter what the reason, passengers on this Clipper experienced a few moments of faster heartbeats when they went from accelerating to sudden stopping. But the Navy pilots were fully attentive and professionally reactive. No one hurt, no damage -- all in a day's work.
Kudos to them.
(All photos in this sequence released to US Naval agency.)
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| Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | NAS Key West (KNQX) | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | 05:39PM EDT | 07:48PM EDT | 2:09 |
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | NAS Key West (KNQX) | 02:02PM EDT | 04:57PM EDT | 2:55 |
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | NAS Key West (KNQX) | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | 10:52AM EDT | 12:52PM EDT | 2:00 |
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | NAS Key West (KNQX) | 07:55AM EDT | 09:56AM EDT | 2:01 |
| 01-May-2025 | Unknown | Norfolk Ns (Chambers Fld) (KNGU) | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | 03:45PM EDT | 04:34PM EDT | 0:48 |
| 01-May-2025 | Unknown | Cecil (KVQQ) | Norfolk Ns (Chambers Fld) (KNGU) | 01:19PM EDT | 02:47PM EDT | 1:28 |
| 01-May-2025 | Unknown | Oceana Nas (KNTU) | Cecil (KVQQ) | 10:23AM EDT | 11:49AM EDT | 1:25 |
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