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Cockpit management - captain allows a flight service station representative to operate the autoplt in-flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 301146 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 130 |
| ASRS Report | 301146 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| 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 other |
Narrative:
Flight service asked if the aircraft could land itself if the pilots were incapacitated or dead. The captain explained about the autoplt, and automatic land and radio to ask for help. He also let her initiate the descent by pushing the autoplt descent button. If this was wrong then I'm sorry that I was in the cockpit when this happened. But I do think that the company should have a course or video program for the flight service on how the autoplts work, so that they don't have to ask, or be shown in the air.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COCKPIT MGMNT - CAPT ALLOWS A FLT SVC STATION REPRESENTATIVE TO OPERATE THE AUTOPLT INFLT.
Narrative: FLT SVC ASKED IF THE ACFT COULD LAND ITSELF IF THE PLTS WERE INCAPACITATED OR DEAD. THE CAPT EXPLAINED ABOUT THE AUTOPLT, AND AUTO LAND AND RADIO TO ASK FOR HELP. HE ALSO LET HER INITIATE THE DSCNT BY PUSHING THE AUTOPLT DSCNT BUTTON. IF THIS WAS WRONG THEN I'M SORRY THAT I WAS IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. BUT I DO THINK THAT THE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE A COURSE OR VIDEO PROGRAM FOR THE FLT SVC ON HOW THE AUTOPLTS WORK, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK, OR BE SHOWN IN THE AIR.
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.