<< >> NASA ASRS Report 398430, April 1998

A DC9 incurred a delay caused by a cockpit jump seat harness lap belt found to be too short. Suspect wrong type harness installed.

Attributes
ACN	398430
Time
Date	199804
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	398430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

FAA inspector unable to ride cockpit jump seat because seatbelt was too small to fit him. Jump seat was put on MEL. FAA said he was comfortable sitting in the back. Follow-up of the problem is being addressed by maintenance and the FAA. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a DC9 and the cockpit jump seat harness did not fit the FAA inspector. The inspector was a large man but the harness lap belt did not reach across to the buckle. The reporter stated maintenance suspects the wrong jump seat harness was installed. The reporter said the inspector agreed to ride in the cabin and the jump seat was deferred as inoperative and not to be used.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9 INCURRED A DELAY CAUSED BY A COCKPIT JUMP SEAT HARNESS LAP BELT FOUND TO BE TOO SHORT. SUSPECT WRONG TYPE HARNESS INSTALLED.

Narrative: FAA INSPECTOR UNABLE TO RIDE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT BECAUSE SEATBELT WAS TOO SMALL TO FIT HIM. JUMP SEAT WAS PUT ON MEL. FAA SAID HE WAS COMFORTABLE SITTING IN THE BACK. FOLLOW-UP OF THE PROB IS BEING ADDRESSED BY MAINT AND THE FAA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A DC9 AND THE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT HARNESS DID NOT FIT THE FAA INSPECTOR. THE INSPECTOR WAS A LARGE MAN BUT THE HARNESS LAP BELT DID NOT REACH ACROSS TO THE BUCKLE. THE RPTR STATED MAINT SUSPECTS THE WRONG JUMP SEAT HARNESS WAS INSTALLED. THE RPTR SAID THE INSPECTOR AGREED TO RIDE IN THE CABIN AND THE JUMP SEAT WAS DEFERRED AS INOP AND NOT TO BE USED.

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.