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First officer concerned with perceived ind staffing during a night shift with poor airport WX conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 463683 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ind.airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ind.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 5r |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 463683 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Weather ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | staffing : ind.tower |
Narrative:
Only 1 person in tower at ind with WX conditions 100 overcast, 1/2 mi visibility. Dual runway arrs. Unsafe just to have 1 person handling all tower operations under very low IFR conditions. Controller did not use ground frequency, was asking plane to report clear of runway and on ramp because he could not see them. Controller did not give clearance for aircraft to taxi. Overall an unsafe situation for everyone involved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO CONCERNED WITH PERCEIVED IND STAFFING DURING A NIGHT SHIFT WITH POOR ARPT WX CONDITIONS.
Narrative: ONLY 1 PERSON IN TWR AT IND WITH WX CONDITIONS 100 OVCST, 1/2 MI VISIBILITY. DUAL RWY ARRS. UNSAFE JUST TO HAVE 1 PERSON HANDLING ALL TWR OPS UNDER VERY LOW IFR CONDITIONS. CTLR DID NOT USE GND FREQ, WAS ASKING PLANE TO RPT CLR OF RWY AND ON RAMP BECAUSE HE COULD NOT SEE THEM. CTLR DID NOT GIVE CLRNC FOR ACFT TO TAXI. OVERALL AN UNSAFE SIT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
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.