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An air carrier flight crew flying a B737-500 at ewr reports possible flight attendant injury during takeoff roll due to uneven surface between the displaced threshold and beginning of runway 22R.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 490200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 350 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 490200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Takeoff roll started on runway 22R from intersection whiskey. Normal takeoff started from stopped position and power applied per airplane flight manual. Airplane on centerline. Approached intersection Y at approximately 80 KTS. Two harsh jolts were encountered as the nose gear and main gear crossed this intersection. The remainder of the takeoff roll and flight were normal. The one exception was when the flight attendants seated on the aft jump seat called, one complained of a sore neck and the other of a sore back. Both said it was caused by the jolts encountered on takeoff. Neither flight attendant wanted to seek medical attention during the course of the flight or at the end of the flight. Both the copilot and myself have experienced this runway (22R ewr) to be rough in the past, but never to this extent before. Something needs to be done to this runway before someone does require medical attention or an aircraft is damaged.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING A B737-500 AT EWR RPTS POSSIBLE FLT ATTENDANT INJURY DURING TKOF ROLL DUE TO UNEVEN SURFACE BTWN THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND BEGINNING OF RWY 22R.
Narrative: TKOF ROLL STARTED ON RWY 22R FROM INTXN WHISKEY. NORMAL TKOF STARTED FROM STOPPED POS AND PWR APPLIED PER AIRPLANE FLT MANUAL. AIRPLANE ON CTRLINE. APCHED INTXN Y AT APPROX 80 KTS. TWO HARSH JOLTS WERE ENCOUNTERED AS THE NOSE GEAR AND MAIN GEAR CROSSED THIS INTXN. THE REMAINDER OF THE TKOF ROLL AND FLT WERE NORMAL. THE ONE EXCEPTION WAS WHEN THE FLT ATTENDANTS SEATED ON THE AFT JUMP SEAT CALLED, ONE COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK AND THE OTHER OF A SORE BACK. BOTH SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY THE JOLTS ENCOUNTERED ON TKOF. NEITHER FLT ATTENDANT WANTED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTN DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLT OR AT THE END OF THE FLT. BOTH THE COPLT AND MYSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS RWY (22R EWR) TO BE ROUGH IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER TO THIS EXTENT BEFORE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THIS RWY BEFORE SOMEONE DOES REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTN OR AN ACFT IS DAMAGED.
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.