<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1748378, June 2020

A-320 flight crew reported; and load planning verified; aircraft received departure dg final documentation via email due to inoperative ACARS.

Attributes
ACN	1748378
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
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	ACARS
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 51
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were planned to take dangerous goods. Our ACARS was inoperative; so the final text was sent via email. I thought that would suffice since we had taxied out and were not able to obtain the final copy over our printer. I was advised to file a report; so here it is. We also received our takeoff data and final weights this way.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A-320 flight crew reported; and Load Planning verified; aircraft received departure DG final documentation via email due to inoperative ACARS.

Narrative: We were planned to take dangerous goods. Our ACARS was inoperative; so the final text was sent via email. I thought that would suffice since we had taxied out and were not able to obtain the final copy over our printer. I was advised to file a report; so here it is. We also received our takeoff data and final weights this way.

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.