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A320 captain reported his aircraft was dispatched with SEC2 (a flight control computer) fault deferred; and expressed concern about the safety of this procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1664863 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FCC (Flight Control Computer) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 184 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 5500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
SEC2 fault deferral. This deferral must be re-evaluated. Taking off with a known flight control loss; particularly the elevator control computer; is unsafe. I refused the aircraft. [Maintenance] called me back to advise me that [they] didn't have an second and the repair was scheduled that evening in [a down line station]. I regret accepting the aircraft. I endangered my passengers and crew by flying three legs without SEC2. I even volunteered to extend beyond my FAR117 duty limit just to get the jet to [the down line station] to let maintenance repair the second.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported his aircraft was dispatched with SEC2 (a flight control computer) fault deferred; and expressed concern about the safety of this procedure.
Narrative: SEC2 fault deferral. This deferral must be re-evaluated. Taking off with a known flight control loss; particularly the elevator control computer; is unsafe. I refused the aircraft. [Maintenance] called me back to advise me that [they] didn't have an SEC and the repair was scheduled that evening in [a down line station]. I regret accepting the aircraft. I endangered my passengers and crew by flying three legs without SEC2. I even volunteered to extend beyond my FAR117 duty limit just to get the jet to [the down line station] to let maintenance repair the SEC.
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.