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Interesting saga of ATC interpretation of aircraft equipment problem message given to company radio and expecting an emergency situation to exist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 205764 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199203 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : r464 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 205764 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
The right emergency xfeed valve fuel circuit breaker popped in flight. We called sfo commercial radio for a phone patch to our company in order that we might inform maintenance of this problem so they would be prepared to fix it upon arrival in hnl. This was done. Shortly thereafter ATC wanted to know if we were declaring an emergency and could we maintain our altitudes and ETA's in the track. At no time did we indicate we had a problem. There are 3 fuel xfeed valves and any 2 will do the job. I have no idea how this phone patch to our company came into ATC hands or how it was misinterpreted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INTERESTING SAGA OF ATC INTERP OF ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM MESSAGE GIVEN TO COMPANY RADIO AND EXPECTING AN EMER SITUATION TO EXIST.
Narrative: THE R EMER XFEED VALVE FUEL CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED IN FLT. WE CALLED SFO COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR A PHONE PATCH TO OUR COMPANY IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT INFORM MAINT OF THIS PROBLEM SO THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO FIX IT UPON ARR IN HNL. THIS WAS DONE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ATC WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE DECLARING AN EMER AND COULD WE MAINTAIN OUR ALTS AND ETA'S IN THE TRACK. AT NO TIME DID WE INDICATE WE HAD A PROBLEM. THERE ARE 3 FUEL XFEED VALVES AND ANY 2 WILL DO THE JOB. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS PHONE PATCH TO OUR COMPANY CAME INTO ATC HANDS OR HOW IT WAS MISINTERPRETED.
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.