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Flight crew of widebody transport on preflight tested TCAS. Tested inoperative. Flight crew deactivated the TCAS and proceeded with flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 170438 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199102 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7350 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 170438 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
TCAS head installed. Did not test operative. Deactivated. Flight continued. Only 2 aircraft in 16 modified with TCAS. Absurd that I should be writing this, but FAA aci on board.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF WDB ON PREFLT TESTED TCAS. TESTED INOPERATIVE. FLT CREW DEACTIVATED THE TCAS AND PROCEEDED WITH FLT.
Narrative: TCAS HEAD INSTALLED. DID NOT TEST OPERATIVE. DEACTIVATED. FLT CONTINUED. ONLY 2 ACFT IN 16 MODIFIED WITH TCAS. ABSURD THAT I SHOULD BE WRITING THIS, BUT FAA ACI ON BOARD.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.