<< >> NASA ASRS Report 359803, January 1997

An air carrier DC9 chose to return land with a host of problems. They had a track heading deviation on the return.

Attributes
ACN	359803
Time
Date	199701
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ape airport : dtw
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8300 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	359803
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	359501
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We started to experience problems at rotation on our takeoff roll. The cockpit door came open, and would not stay shut. I secured the cockpit door with the seat belt from the jump seat. Our EPR gauge on the #1 engine became erratic. The next problem was our autoplt would not connect. Now we have problems, because instead of having 2 pilots performing both PNF and PF duties, we will have 1 pilot doing both and the other pilot dealing with the other problems. Then we got a cockpit warning light to indicate an unsafe door on the forward airstairs. The captain gave me the aircraft so he could contact dispatch about our problems. We were near ape. I tuned in ape but didn't make the turn for some reason -- I must have been distraction. Also, when we were given a radial to intercept off of the dxo VOR on our return, I mistakenly tuned the wrong radial. Our workload was extremely busy. The aircraft we were flying had new radios that are quite different in the way they are used, requiring more attention. Supplemental information from acn 359501: during a rerte to dtw and arrival preparation, first officer flew past the ape VOR and overshot the arrival radial before receiving vectors back on course.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR DC9 CHOSE TO RETURN LAND WITH A HOST OF PROBS. THEY HAD A TRACK HDG DEV ON THE RETURN.

Narrative: WE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBS AT ROTATION ON OUR TKOF ROLL. THE COCKPIT DOOR CAME OPEN, AND WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. I SECURED THE COCKPIT DOOR WITH THE SEAT BELT FROM THE JUMP SEAT. OUR EPR GAUGE ON THE #1 ENG BECAME ERRATIC. THE NEXT PROB WAS OUR AUTOPLT WOULD NOT CONNECT. NOW WE HAVE PROBS, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF HAVING 2 PLTS PERFORMING BOTH PNF AND PF DUTIES, WE WILL HAVE 1 PLT DOING BOTH AND THE OTHER PLT DEALING WITH THE OTHER PROBS. THEN WE GOT A COCKPIT WARNING LIGHT TO INDICATE AN UNSAFE DOOR ON THE FORWARD AIRSTAIRS. THE CAPT GAVE ME THE ACFT SO HE COULD CONTACT DISPATCH ABOUT OUR PROBS. WE WERE NEAR APE. I TUNED IN APE BUT DIDN'T MAKE THE TURN FOR SOME REASON -- I MUST HAVE BEEN DISTR. ALSO, WHEN WE WERE GIVEN A RADIAL TO INTERCEPT OFF OF THE DXO VOR ON OUR RETURN, I MISTAKENLY TUNED THE WRONG RADIAL. OUR WORKLOAD WAS EXTREMELY BUSY. THE ACFT WE WERE FLYING HAD NEW RADIOS THAT ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THEY ARE USED, REQUIRING MORE ATTN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 359501: DURING A RERTE TO DTW AND ARR PREPARATION, FO FLEW PAST THE APE VOR AND OVERSHOT THE ARR RADIAL BEFORE RECEIVING VECTORS BACK ON COURSE.

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.