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Irregularities and diversions along with rertes lead to a freighter crew exceeding flight time limitations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 461580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7200 flight time type : 3100 |
| ASRS Report | 461580 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 145 flight time total : 4970 flight time type : 270 |
| ASRS Report | 461417 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We normally leave from the outstation in the evening, fly to the hub and wait for approximately 3 hours. We then fly back to the outstation. On this morning, other aircraft were delayed due to WX. This made them late, we were delayed leaving the hub by about 3 hours and then another 45 mins or so due to a mechanical delay. For this night we flew a total of about 6 1/2 hours. We then had about 9 hours off. The following night, we left on time and left the hub slightly early. This created a situation where within a certain time period we flew over 8 hours by about 1 1/2 hours. This was due to the rolling 24 hour clock. We did not realize this until the dispatcher paged us and notified us we were over 8 hours. What also added to this was that we were diverted outbound the first morning and inbound the second. I think this may be prevented in the future by better communications with dispatch and keeping a personal log on the 24 hour clock.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IRREGULARITIES AND DIVERSIONS ALONG WITH RERTES LEAD TO A FREIGHTER CREW EXCEEDING FLT TIME LIMITATIONS.
Narrative: WE NORMALLY LEAVE FROM THE OUTSTATION IN THE EVENING, FLY TO THE HUB AND WAIT FOR APPROX 3 HRS. WE THEN FLY BACK TO THE OUTSTATION. ON THIS MORNING, OTHER ACFT WERE DELAYED DUE TO WX. THIS MADE THEM LATE, WE WERE DELAYED LEAVING THE HUB BY ABOUT 3 HRS AND THEN ANOTHER 45 MINS OR SO DUE TO A MECHANICAL DELAY. FOR THIS NIGHT WE FLEW A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6 1/2 HRS. WE THEN HAD ABOUT 9 HRS OFF. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, WE LEFT ON TIME AND LEFT THE HUB SLIGHTLY EARLY. THIS CREATED A SIT WHERE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD WE FLEW OVER 8 HRS BY ABOUT 1 1/2 HRS. THIS WAS DUE TO THE ROLLING 24 HR CLOCK. WE DID NOT REALIZE THIS UNTIL THE DISPATCHER PAGED US AND NOTIFIED US WE WERE OVER 8 HRS. WHAT ALSO ADDED TO THIS WAS THAT WE WERE DIVERTED OUTBOUND THE FIRST MORNING AND INBOUND THE SECOND. I THINK THIS MAY BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE BY BETTER COMS WITH DISPATCH AND KEEPING A PERSONAL LOG ON THE 24 HR CLOCK.
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.