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A DC8 flight engineer described an FAA ramp check during which no mention of a violation was made with regard to the restraint of manuals during flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 479490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | DC-8 70 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 479490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : assigned or threatened penalties other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Ramp check by chicago FAA maintenance personnel. No notification of infraction until notification by mail. 'Items of mass loose in cockpit' as described by inspector. Items were company kit and 2 commercial chart cases behind aft observer's seat and ahead of radio rack. Not secured to floor by strap or other hold down device. If company had provided hold down strap or device as per gom dated jun/94 and signed off by poi. All aircraft on company certificate are flying this way and have been.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC8 FE DESCRIBED AN FAA RAMP CHK DURING WHICH NO MENTION OF A VIOLATION WAS MADE WITH REGARD TO THE RESTRAINT OF MANUALS DURING FLT.
Narrative: RAMP CHK BY CHICAGO FAA MAINT PERSONNEL. NO NOTIFICATION OF INFRACTION UNTIL NOTIFICATION BY MAIL. 'ITEMS OF MASS LOOSE IN COCKPIT' AS DESCRIBED BY INSPECTOR. ITEMS WERE COMPANY KIT AND 2 COMMERCIAL CHART CASES BEHIND AFT OBSERVER'S SEAT AND AHEAD OF RADIO RACK. NOT SECURED TO FLOOR BY STRAP OR OTHER HOLD DOWN DEVICE. IF COMPANY HAD PROVIDED HOLD DOWN STRAP OR DEVICE AS PER GOM DATED JUN/94 AND SIGNED OFF BY POI. ALL ACFT ON COMPANY CERTIFICATE ARE FLYING THIS WAY AND HAVE BEEN.
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.