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An air carrier captain has a poor reaction to a passenger letter to his air carrier regarding aborted takeoff due to air conditioning pack trip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 317789 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199509 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dsm |
| State Reference | IA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 15500 |
| ASRS Report | 317789 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During the takeoff roll (approximately 85 KTS), the left air conditioning pack tripped, and the master caution light came on. I rejected the takeoff and taxied clear of the runway. We reset the pack and took-off and continued the flight without further incident. A passenger wrote a letter to the company. After thinking about the situation, I should have returned to the gate, entered a write-up in the logbook and 'MEL' the pack, till maintenance cleared the pack.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT HAS A POOR REACTION TO A PAX LETTER TO HIS ACR REGARDING ABORTED TKOF DUE TO AIR CONDITIONING PACK TRIP.
Narrative: DURING THE TKOF ROLL (APPROX 85 KTS), THE L AIR CONDITIONING PACK TRIPPED, AND THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. I REJECTED THE TKOF AND TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY. WE RESET THE PACK AND TOOK-OFF AND CONTINUED THE FLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A PAX WROTE A LETTER TO THE COMPANY. AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE SIT, I SHOULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE GATE, ENTERED A WRITE-UP IN THE LOGBOOK AND 'MEL' THE PACK, TILL MAINT CLRED THE PACK.
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.