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Air carrier flight crew reported they departed with an inoperative lavatory sink.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755324 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Toilet Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During pre-flight of flight abcd ZZZ-ZZZ1; flight attendant informed the captain that the sink was empty of water and a note had been left in the lavatory informing of the issue. Noting that potable water is not available at the outstation; the captain made the decision to depart as scheduled to meet on time arrival at ZZZ1. Upon arrival at ZZZ1; crew noted that ground operations did re-fill [the] potable water tank. Crew was unaware that the lavatory sink itself was inoperative.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported they departed with an inoperative lavatory sink.
Narrative: During pre-flight of Flight ABCD ZZZ-ZZZ1; Flight Attendant informed the Captain that the sink was empty of water and a note had been left in the lavatory informing of the issue. Noting that potable water is not available at the outstation; the Captain made the decision to depart as scheduled to meet on time arrival at ZZZ1. Upon arrival at ZZZ1; crew noted that ground operations did re-fill [the] potable water tank. Crew was unaware that the lavatory sink itself was inoperative.
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.