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Captain of a B737-300 allowed 3 reduced power takeoffs when the FMC was 'inoperative' and MEL'ed with the limitation of no reduced power takeoffs permitted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363840 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : swf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 235 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 8500 |
| ASRS Report | 363840 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Single aircraft event. FMC was MEL'ed inoperative. I allowed 3 reduced thrust takeoffs which are prohibited with FMC inoperative.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737-300 ALLOWED 3 REDUCED PWR TKOFS WHEN THE FMC WAS 'INOP' AND MEL'ED WITH THE LIMITATION OF NO REDUCED PWR TKOFS PERMITTED.
Narrative: SINGLE ACFT EVENT. FMC WAS MEL'ED INOP. I ALLOWED 3 REDUCED THRUST TKOFS WHICH ARE PROHIBITED WITH FMC INOP.
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.