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A B737-300 was dispatched with an incorrect flight plan omitting extra fuel burn and landing weight restrs due to a removed flap actuator fairing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 366835 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other personnel other |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 366835 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Right elephant ear missing, with possible takeoff and landing weight restrs plus additional burn required was never given to dispatcher ZZZ prior to his flight a, phl-bos and flight B, bos-mco departing. Aircraft number was B737-300 XXX. When tech man abc was questioned why it wasn't given, he said it was given verbally to previous shift dispatcher and put in computer at XA01. Never came off computer release.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED WITH AN INCORRECT FLT PLAN OMITTING EXTRA FUEL BURN AND LNDG WT RESTRS DUE TO A REMOVED FLAP ACTUATOR FAIRING.
Narrative: R ELEPHANT EAR MISSING, WITH POSSIBLE TKOF AND LNDG WT RESTRS PLUS ADDITIONAL BURN REQUIRED WAS NEVER GIVEN TO DISPATCHER ZZZ PRIOR TO HIS FLT A, PHL-BOS AND FLT B, BOS-MCO DEPARTING. ACFT NUMBER WAS B737-300 XXX. WHEN TECH MAN ABC WAS QUESTIONED WHY IT WASN'T GIVEN, HE SAID IT WAS GIVEN VERBALLY TO PREVIOUS SHIFT DISPATCHER AND PUT IN COMPUTER AT XA01. NEVER CAME OFF COMPUTER RELEASE.
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.