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First officer tells captain white position light is burned out. Mechanic reluctant to work on it. Captain says 'it did not burn out until after we left.' flew next leg.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 205297 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199203 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| 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 | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 1850 |
| ASRS Report | 205297 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During walkaround white position light was burned out. I informed the captain of the situation. We had 15 mins until departure. Mechanic said it would take 15 mins to fix and seemed very reluctant to work on it. Captain turned to me and said 'it didn't burn out until after we left.' we flew from denver stapleton to jac (jackson, wy) without the position light. Sure, it was minor but it could have been fixed, flying the plane was illegal, and this just showed the captain's cavalier attitude (he did may similar things during 3 days of hell flying with him).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO TELLS CAPT WHITE POS LIGHT IS BURNED OUT. MECH RELUCTANT TO WORK ON IT. CAPT SAYS 'IT DID NOT BURN OUT UNTIL AFTER WE LEFT.' FLEW NEXT LEG.
Narrative: DURING WALKAROUND WHITE POS LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. I INFORMED THE CAPT OF THE SITUATION. WE HAD 15 MINS UNTIL DEP. MECH SAID IT WOULD TAKE 15 MINS TO FIX AND SEEMED VERY RELUCTANT TO WORK ON IT. CAPT TURNED TO ME AND SAID 'IT DIDN'T BURN OUT UNTIL AFTER WE LEFT.' WE FLEW FROM DENVER STAPLETON TO JAC (JACKSON, WY) WITHOUT THE POS LIGHT. SURE, IT WAS MINOR BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED, FLYING THE PLANE WAS ILLEGAL, AND THIS JUST SHOWED THE CAPT'S CAVALIER ATTITUDE (HE DID MAY SIMILAR THINGS DURING 3 DAYS OF HELL FLYING WITH HIM).
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.