What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
As the crew taxied onto the runway for departure the captain noticed that the wrong departure runway (27R) was displayed on his navigation display (ND). The first officer (fo) corrected this by entering runway 27L into the multifunction control display unit (mcdu). Changing the runway in the mcdu requires the crew to manually re-verify the ?v? Speeds and flex temperature in the mcdu. The crew failed to accomplish this step and so the aircraft had no data available to compute and perform a flex takeoff or display speeds on the PFD?s. as a result, when the captain advanced the throttles a chime was heard followed by the warning message: eng thr levers not set; set toga; displayed on the upper electronic centralized aircraft monitoring (ecam) display screen. The captain asked the fo what the chime was; the fo replied ?power not set? But failed to read the entire message, which instructed the flight crew to set the throttle to the take-off go around (toga) setting. The captain replied to the fo with :the power is set? And also stated that he only advanced the throttle just past the flexible take-off (flex) throttle position, then back to the flex position. Once the aircraft reached 80 knots a continuous ?retard retard retard?, (this message instructs the flight crew to move the throttle to the idle position during landing) aural warning message was sounded. The captain stated ?we?ll get that straight when we get airborne?.
Aircraft lifted off, climbed to approximately seventy feet. The captain stated that once the wheels were off the ground, he had the perception that the aircraft was unsafe to fly and moved the throttles to the idle position. Aircraft contacted the runway, the tail section of the aircraft stuck the runway, followed by the MLG, driving the nose landing gear into the runway causing the NLG tire?s to blow and the NLG to collapse. Aircraft slid approximately 2000? Feet and came to rest adjacent to taxiway S10 along the left runway edge. Left engine ingested runway edge lights and dirt.
As the FAA filed it
AS THE CREW TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THAT THE WRONG DEPARTURE RUNWAY (27R) WAS DISPLAYED ON HIS NAVIGATION DISPLAY (ND). THE FIRST OFFICER (FO) CORRECTED THIS BY ENTERING RUNWAY 27L INTO THE MULTIFUNCTION CONTROL DISPLAY UNIT (MCDU). CHANGING THE RUNWAY IN THE MCDU REQUIRES THE CREW TO MANUALLY RE-VERIFY THE ?V? SPEEDS AND FLEX TEMPERATURE IN THE MCDU. THE CREW FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS STEP AND SO THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DATA AVAILABLE TO COMPUTE AND PERFORM A FLEX TAKEOFF OR DISPLAY SPEEDS ON THE PFD?S. AS A RESULT, WHEN THE CAPTAIN ADVANCED THE THROTTLES A CHIME WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY THE WARNING MESSAGE: ENG THR LEVERS NOT SET; SET TOGA; DISPLAYED ON THE UPPER ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITORING (ECAM) DISPLAY SCREEN. THE CAPTAIN ASKED THE FO WHAT THE CHIME WAS; THE FO REPLIED ?POWER NOT SET? BUT FAILED TO READ THE ENTIRE MESSAGE, WHICH INSTRUCTED THE FLIGHT CREW TO SET THE THROTTLE TO THE TAKE-OFF GO AROUND (TOGA) SETTING. THE CAPTAIN REPLIED TO THE FO WITH :THE POWER IS SET? AND ALSO STATED THAT HE ONLY ADVANCED THE THROTTLE JUST PAST THE FLEXIBLE TAKE-OFF (FLEX) THROTTLE POSITION, THEN BACK TO THE FLEX POSITION. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 80 KNOTS A CONTINUOUS ?RETARD RETARD RETARD?, (THIS MESSAGE INSTRUCTS THE FLIGHT CREW TO MOVE THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION DURING LANDING) AURAL WARNING MESSAGE WAS SOUNDED. THE CAPTAIN STATED ?WE?LL GET THAT STRAIGHT WHEN WE GET AIRBORNE?.
AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF, CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FEET. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT ONCE THE WHEELS WERE OFF THE GROUND, HE HAD THE PERCEPTION THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNSAFE TO FLY AND MOVED THE THROTTLES TO THE IDLE POSITION. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT STUCK THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE MLG, DRIVING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NLG TIRE?S TO BLOW AND THE NLG TO COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 2000? FEET AND CAME TO REST ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY S10 ALONG THE LEFT RUNWAY EDGE. LEFT ENGINE INGESTED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS AND DIRT.
NTSB investigation
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