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An S80 flight crew flies a flight to mia without its TCASII being operative. The circuit breakers had been pulled and it was improperly placarded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 398400 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 398400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Location: dca. Aircraft had TCASII improperly placarded. No placard in logbook, no inoperative placard on unit, no balancing entry in logbook. TCASII was placarded through dispatch and a note put on the release. We unknowingly operated flight with an open item in the logbook as no balancing entry had been entered. We then wrote up TCASII again as being inoperative. At mia, the circuit breakers were reinstated and the TCASII was put back into service. It was then that we realized that no balancing entry had been put in the logbook on the day of placarding. The note on the release did not catch my eye except that it mentioned TCASII was needed in mexico.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN S80 FLC FLIES A FLT TO MIA WITHOUT ITS TCASII BEING OPERATIVE. THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAD BEEN PULLED AND IT WAS IMPROPERLY PLACARDED.
Narrative: LOCATION: DCA. ACFT HAD TCASII IMPROPERLY PLACARDED. NO PLACARD IN LOGBOOK, NO INOP PLACARD ON UNIT, NO BALANCING ENTRY IN LOGBOOK. TCASII WAS PLACARDED THROUGH DISPATCH AND A NOTE PUT ON THE RELEASE. WE UNKNOWINGLY OPERATED FLT WITH AN OPEN ITEM IN THE LOGBOOK AS NO BALING ENTRY HAD BEEN ENTERED. WE THEN WROTE UP TCASII AGAIN AS BEING INOP. AT MIA, THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE REINSTATED AND THE TCASII WAS PUT BACK INTO SVC. IT WAS THEN THAT WE REALIZED THAT NO BALANCING ENTRY HAD BEEN PUT IN THE LOGBOOK ON THE DAY OF PLACARDING. THE NOTE ON THE RELEASE DID NOT CATCH MY EYE EXCEPT THAT IT MENTIONED TCASII WAS NEEDED IN MEXICO.
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.