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Air carrier large transport freight aircraft operated on extended overwater flight without required survival equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 197985 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 197985 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft departed memphis without life rafts. Flight never was outside of glide distance of land en route from memphis international to bqn, puerto rico. So, captain and ramp personnel omitted rafts which are generally included on night flight. Rafts discovered only on landing at bqn. Although never out of glide distance, rafts are usually included, but not absolutely required.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LGT FREIGHT ACFT OPERATED ON EXTENDED OVERWATER FLT WITHOUT REQUIRED SURVIVAL EQUIP.
Narrative: ACFT DEPARTED MEMPHIS WITHOUT LIFE RAFTS. FLT NEVER WAS OUTSIDE OF GLIDE DISTANCE OF LAND ENRTE FROM MEMPHIS INTL TO BQN, PUERTO RICO. SO, CAPT AND RAMP PERSONNEL OMITTED RAFTS WHICH ARE GENERALLY INCLUDED ON NIGHT FLT. RAFTS DISCOVERED ONLY ON LNDG AT BQN. ALTHOUGH NEVER OUT OF GLIDE DISTANCE, RAFTS ARE USUALLY INCLUDED, BUT NOT ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.
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.