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B787 captain reported they were cleared to taxi with the wireless headset transmitter still attached to the nose strut.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1257921 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 60 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After pushback while taxiing for takeoff a loud alternating tone (on/off) was heard from our audio panel. We isolated it to the flight interphone and suspected it was coming from the wireless headset transmitter used for pushback (now out of range). We stopped our taxi and called maintenance; a mobile truck came out and removed the device from our nose strut. We resumed our taxi and then got a message from operations passed through ground control to call ops. We again stopped our taxi and called ops; the ground crew had realized their mistake and called to correct the problem we had addressed through maintenance.I believe procedures need to be in place to ensure the removal of the wireless transmitter prior to taxi. At a minimum flight crews need to ensure that the flight interphone needs to have the receive button remain on during taxi so the audio warning can be heard if the unit is still on the strut. I have no idea what damage to airplane and other equipment would occur if the gear were retracted and the wireless unit were still hanging from the nose strut.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B787 Captain reported they were cleared to taxi with the wireless headset transmitter still attached to the nose strut.
Narrative: After pushback while taxiing for takeoff a loud alternating tone (on/off) was heard from our audio panel. We isolated it to the flight interphone and suspected it was coming from the wireless headset transmitter used for pushback (now out of range). We stopped our taxi and called maintenance; a mobile truck came out and removed the device from our nose strut. We resumed our taxi and then got a message from operations passed through ground control to call ops. We again stopped our taxi and called ops; the ground crew had realized their mistake and called to correct the problem we had addressed through maintenance.I believe procedures need to be in place to ensure the removal of the wireless transmitter prior to taxi. At a minimum flight crews need to ensure that the flight interphone needs to have the receive button remain on during taxi so the audio warning can be heard if the unit is still on the strut. I have no idea what damage to airplane and other equipment would occur if the gear were retracted and the wireless unit were still hanging from the nose strut.
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.