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B787 first officer reported initiating pushback and taxi without final dangerous goods summary; a violation of recently issued company pilot bulletin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1686019 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Other Parked pre-departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Relief Pilot Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 177.73 Flight Crew Total 8175.47 Flight Crew Type 1611.25 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Prior to our flight; a pilot bulletin was issued; requiring receipt of the final dangerous goods summary before pushback; even on departure from domestic locations (previously was only international).we did receive a preliminary dg report well before push.this flight got very busy immediately prior to push; with a few out-of-the-ordinary things thrown into the mix that were also holding our attention. We were past departure time. The cargo loading personnel were having difficulty getting our forward cargo door closed. They repeatedly closed and re-opened the door in an effort to get it to show closed on our displays. I got the impression that they weren't sure of the procedure to do so based on the way the ground staff was speaking. Simultaneously; the flight attendants were dealing with a passenger that had been peppering them with questions; and we weren't sure if they were ready; as the cockpit door hadn't been closed. While this was going on; I had also been listening to ramp in my headset to determine what taxi times were like; how much traffic was on the ramp; etc. There was another flight that had been pushed back but was being asked to come back to the gate for a complete re inventory of one of their cargo cans; and I was listening to them to see if that was going to affect our ability to push at all (for a while; it sounded like they wanted to come over near our gate to get back to theirs). None of this is to suggest an excuse to our error; only to illustrate that there were definitely distractions. Nonetheless; we should have realized that we didn't have the final weights earlier on (placed the preliminary on the yoke or in the throttles as a reminder or something).in rapid succession; our cargo door got closed; as did the cockpit door. All three of us forgot about the final dg report prior to this and immediately called for our pushback.we taxied out; and it seemed to take quite a while for the final weights to come out; so as the [relief pilot]; I contacted ops to query them. They said they were working on it. This back and forth happened a few times. Finally; the final dg report came out; immediately followed by the final weights. The flight continued on without any further issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B787 First Officer reported initiating pushback and taxi without Final Dangerous Goods Summary; a violation of recently issued company pilot bulletin.
Narrative: Prior to our flight; a pilot bulletin was issued; requiring receipt of the Final Dangerous Goods Summary before pushback; even on departure from domestic locations (previously was only international).We did receive a preliminary DG report well before push.This flight got very busy immediately prior to push; with a few out-of-the-ordinary things thrown into the mix that were also holding our attention. We were past departure time. The cargo loading personnel were having difficulty getting our forward cargo door closed. They repeatedly closed and re-opened the door in an effort to get it to show closed on our displays. I got the impression that they weren't sure of the procedure to do so based on the way the ground staff was speaking. Simultaneously; the flight attendants were dealing with a passenger that had been peppering them with questions; and we weren't sure if they were ready; as the cockpit door hadn't been closed. While this was going on; I had also been listening to Ramp in my headset to determine what taxi times were like; how much traffic was on the Ramp; etc. There was another flight that had been pushed back but was being asked to come back to the gate for a complete re inventory of one of their cargo cans; and I was listening to them to see if that was going to affect our ability to push at all (for a while; it sounded like they wanted to come over near our gate to get back to theirs). None of this is to suggest an excuse to our error; only to illustrate that there were definitely distractions. Nonetheless; we should have realized that we didn't have the final weights earlier on (placed the preliminary on the yoke or in the throttles as a reminder or something).In rapid succession; our cargo door got closed; as did the cockpit door. All three of us forgot about the Final DG report prior to this and immediately called for our pushback.We taxied out; and it seemed to take quite a while for the final weights to come out; so as the [Relief Pilot]; I contacted Ops to query them. They said they were working on it. This back and forth happened a few times. Finally; the Final DG report came out; immediately followed by the final weights. The flight continued on without any further issue.
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.