Lexington, KY · 2006-08-27 · N431CA
Notes anchored to the recorders, in recorder time.
Heading 260 on the roll — runway 26 is 3,500 ft, not 22.
Second line.
Tower cleared them for 22 but the aircraft lined up on 26 — the unlit runway. Check the taxi diagram against the CVR from 06:05.
the flight crewmembers's failure to use available cues and aids to identify the airplane's location on the airport surface during taxi and their failure to cross-check and verify that the airplane was on the correct runway before takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the flight crew's nonpertinent conversation during taxi, which resulted in a loss of positional awareness, and the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to require that all runway crossings be authorized only by specific air traffic control clearances.
The Board's determination, verbatim.
Built on NTSB public dockets. Recorder data is shown exactly as published; the notes above are the investigator's own.