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A commercial fixed wing aircraft routed overwater is found to have no life vests installed but aircraft documents indicate aircraft in overwater status.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 454150 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 454150 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight xyz ZZZ-dfw was released using route 42 which is an overwater route using J5B. Prior to departure, the captain from the flight called to question the fact that the aircraft was routed over the water and was not equipped with life vests. Upon further investigation all records indicated that aircraft abc was overwater equipped. Maintenance was notified of the discrepancy and issued MEL 25-01A. In accordance with the MEL, flight xyz was refiled on route 41 to take it over land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT ROUTED OVERWATER IS FOUND TO HAVE NO LIFE VESTS INSTALLED BUT ACFT DOCUMENTS INDICATE ACFT IN OVERWATER STATUS.
Narrative: FLT XYZ ZZZ-DFW WAS RELEASED USING RTE 42 WHICH IS AN OVERWATER RTE USING J5B. PRIOR TO DEP, THE CAPT FROM THE FLT CALLED TO QUESTION THE FACT THAT THE ACFT WAS ROUTED OVER THE WATER AND WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH LIFE VESTS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ALL RECORDS INDICATED THAT ACFT ABC WAS OVERWATER EQUIPPED. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DISCREPANCY AND ISSUED MEL 25-01A. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEL, FLT XYZ WAS REFILED ON RTE 41 TO TAKE IT OVER LAND.
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.