Flight crew fatigue.

Attributes
ACN	318483
Time
Date	199510
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	318483
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 : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Contributing factors: maintenance delay following continued late night flying (4 night pairings, with only 2 day breaks). Company had us continue flying pairing even though 4 hours late due to insufficient staffing by company. Result: captain and I both too tired to continue flight, stopped one leg short at las (instead of continuing 3 hour trip to iah). Talked with fleet manager next day, company quoted '14 hour rule.' we would have been at 13 hour plus 30 mins at iah. Company not responsive to how tired we felt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FATIGUE.

Narrative: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: MAINT DELAY FOLLOWING CONTINUED LATE NIGHT FLYING (4 NIGHT PAIRINGS, WITH ONLY 2 DAY BREAKS). COMPANY HAD US CONTINUE FLYING PAIRING EVEN THOUGH 4 HRS LATE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT STAFFING BY COMPANY. RESULT: CAPT AND I BOTH TOO TIRED TO CONTINUE FLT, STOPPED ONE LEG SHORT AT LAS (INSTEAD OF CONTINUING 3 HR TRIP TO IAH). TALKED WITH FLEET MGR NEXT DAY, COMPANY QUOTED '14 HR RULE.' WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT 13 HR PLUS 30 MINS AT IAH. COMPANY NOT RESPONSIVE TO HOW TIRED WE FELT.

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.