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B747 cargo aircraft prior to flight, reporter captain says the ground crew was inexperienced and minimum staff. The extra attention required by reporter contributed to lack of obtaining a current release.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390030 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 390030 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far 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:
Due to ground skeleton crew, we were trying to get aircraft dispatched. Ground crew was inexperienced. Between trying to get WX, paperwork and making sure all containers were properly secured, we forgot to get paperwork for new release.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B747 CARGO ACFT PRIOR TO FLT, RPTR CAPT SAYS THE GND CREW WAS INEXPERIENCED AND MINIMUM STAFF. THE EXTRA ATTN REQUIRED BY RPTR CONTRIBUTED TO LACK OF OBTAINING A CURRENT RELEASE.
Narrative: DUE TO GND SKELETON CREW, WE WERE TRYING TO GET ACFT DISPATCHED. GND CREW WAS INEXPERIENCED. BTWN TRYING TO GET WX, PAPERWORK AND MAKING SURE ALL CONTAINERS WERE PROPERLY SECURED, WE FORGOT TO GET PAPERWORK FOR NEW 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.