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Reporters submit reports upon suggestion of air carrier operating aircraft during desert storm. Text implies weight and balance deficiencies sponsored by military loading practices in saudi arabia.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 174170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lgw |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 174170 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain other personnel other |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 174171 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
I was first officer on a military airlift charter, by the us govt, to bring desert storm troops back that theater of operations. I was part of a 5-M crew (captain, first officer, second officer, international relief officer--captain and international relief officer second officer) that flew legs from lax-lgw (london-gatwick)/lgw-ewr/ewr-lax. All flight operations seemed normal; however, I've been advised by my company that the FAA might be investigating the possibility of improper loading on this military airlift charter. The dates of the legs I was involved as crew member were: 3/91 - lax-london/gatwick; 3/91 - london/gatwick-ewr, ewr-lax. As previously stated, all phases of flight operations seemed normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REPORTERS SUBMIT REPORTS UPON SUGGESTION OF ACR OPERATING ACFT DURING DESERT STORM. TEXT IMPLIES WEIGHT AND BALANCE DEFICIENCIES SPONSORED BY MIL LOADING PRACTICES IN SAUDI ARABIA.
Narrative: I WAS F/O ON A MIL AIRLIFT CHARTER, BY THE U.S. GOVT, TO BRING DESERT STORM TROOPS BACK THAT THEATER OF OPS. I WAS PART OF A 5-M CREW (CAPT, F/O, S/O, INTL RELIEF OFFICER--CAPT AND INTL RELIEF OFFICER S/O) THAT FLEW LEGS FROM LAX-LGW (LONDON-GATWICK)/LGW-EWR/EWR-LAX. ALL FLT OPS SEEMED NORMAL; HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY MY COMPANY THAT THE FAA MIGHT BE INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPER LOADING ON THIS MIL AIRLIFT CHARTER. THE DATES OF THE LEGS I WAS INVOLVED AS CREW MEMBER WERE: 3/91 - LAX-LONDON/GATWICK; 3/91 - LONDON/GATWICK-EWR, EWR-LAX. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, ALL PHASES OF FLT OPS SEEMED NORMAL.
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.