[dalereed]

"perhaps an abort was started and then realized that it was impossible to follow through"

That decision is almost always deadly!!!!

[Pukin Dog]

Do you know anything about that aircraft? Any RTO braking?

[BillM]

IFR CheckList:

Check Compass against assigned runway heading!
This checks both the compass and teh selected runway!

Failur to do this check can lead to bad compass or incorrect runway.

BAD OPERATING PRACTICE. LAZY!