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Flight crew failed to notify flight attendant crew of preparation for landing due to being distraction by traffic watch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 288235 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199411 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1600 msl bound upper : 1600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : fll |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 11300 flight time type : 89 |
| ASRS Report | 288235 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1500 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Both the captain and I were quite pre-occupied, if he called for the before landing checklist after the gear was lowered, it's possible I didn't hear it, or it's possible he was distraction enough that only the latter half of the checklist was called for (below the line). I realized that the checklist was incomplete on very short final as the ignition needed to be turned on and the spoilers were still not armed. Then, I rushed the checklist. The captain and I debriefed ourselves in detail of the event and he then phoned our chief pilot to report it, followed by submitting his company report. Please see enclosed report by captain. Our concern is the fact that this occurrence caused enough distraction that I missed the '3 bells' on the checklist contained in the before landing checklist. (The distraction was the aircraft ahead of us on short final -- it looked like a cessna 172, coupled with the audio part of our TCASII system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC FAILED TO NOTIFY FA CREW OF PREPARATION FOR LNDG DUE TO BEING DISTR BY TFC WATCH.
Narrative: BOTH THE CAPT AND I WERE QUITE PRE-OCCUPIED, IF HE CALLED FOR THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST AFTER THE GEAR WAS LOWERED, IT'S POSSIBLE I DIDN'T HEAR IT, OR IT'S POSSIBLE HE WAS DISTR ENOUGH THAT ONLY THE LATTER HALF OF THE CHKLIST WAS CALLED FOR (BELOW THE LINE). I REALIZED THAT THE CHKLIST WAS INCOMPLETE ON VERY SHORT FINAL AS THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE TURNED ON AND THE SPOILERS WERE STILL NOT ARMED. THEN, I RUSHED THE CHKLIST. THE CAPT AND I DEBRIEFED OURSELVES IN DETAIL OF THE EVENT AND HE THEN PHONED OUR CHIEF PLT TO RPT IT, FOLLOWED BY SUBMITTING HIS COMPANY RPT. PLEASE SEE ENCLOSED RPT BY CAPT. OUR CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT THIS OCCURRENCE CAUSED ENOUGH DISTR THAT I MISSED THE '3 BELLS' ON THE CHKLIST CONTAINED IN THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST. (THE DISTR WAS THE ACFT AHEAD OF US ON SHORT FINAL -- IT LOOKED LIKE A CESSNA 172, COUPLED WITH THE AUDIO PART OF OUR TCASII SYS.
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.