A B737 flight crew and a pass riding pilot report canceling a takeoff clearance and returning for de...

Attributes
ACN	1154140
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 312
Person 2
Function	Other / Unknown
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 176 Flight Crew Type 176
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While reading back our takeoff clearance to tower and preparing to taxi into position; the flight attendants called the cockpit. The message was that a deadheading crew member noticed some frost on the upper surface of the wing. We advised tower that we would need to exit the runway and return to the ramp. We coordinated with ground; ramp; iceman and dispatch/ops. After completing the deice process; we departed. When we flew in it was a nice VMC night temp-6/dew-9 swapped aircraft and prepared to depart. I performed a thorough preflight looking very closely for ice and finding none. Neither I nor the captain walked back to check over the wing. In the future I will make it a point to ask the captain if he had a chance to check.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 flight crew and a pass riding pilot report canceling a takeoff clearance and returning for deicing when the pass riding pilot informs a Flight Attendant of frost on the wings.

Narrative: While reading back our takeoff clearance to Tower and preparing to taxi into position; the flight attendants called the cockpit. The message was that a deadheading crew member noticed some frost on the upper surface of the wing. We advised Tower that we would need to exit the runway and return to the ramp. We coordinated with Ground; Ramp; Iceman and Dispatch/Ops. After completing the deice process; we departed. When we flew in it was a nice VMC night temp-6/dew-9 swapped aircraft and prepared to depart. I performed a thorough preflight looking very closely for ice and finding none. Neither I nor the Captain walked back to check over the wing. In the future I will make it a point to ask the Captain if he had a chance to check.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A B737 flight crew and a pass riding pilot report canceling a takeoff clearance and returning for deicing when the pass riding pilot informs a flight attendant of frost on the wings.