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A cargo A300 pushed back without the emergency door slides armed due to first officer checklist interruption.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500620 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : boi.airport |
| State Reference | ID |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 500620 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Because of an interruption in the sequence of his cockpit duties the first officer did not arm the entry way door emergency slides before pushback started. When noticed I elected to wait until the aircraft stopped before having him arm the slides. In the meanwhile a jumpseater opened the cockpit door stating that the slides were not armed. The seatbelt sign was on. I had the first officer escort the jumpseater to the rear area and seat and arm the doors. The checklist had been followed. The item read and responded to ('doors/slides' -- 'closed/slides') but had looked at item and responded without noting that neither door was armed. Caught this, but aircraft was already moving. Elected to wait until aircraft stopped before solving the problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CARGO A300 PUSHED BACK WITHOUT THE EMER DOOR SLIDES ARMED DUE TO FO CHKLIST INTERRUPTION.
Narrative: BECAUSE OF AN INTERRUPTION IN THE SEQUENCE OF HIS COCKPIT DUTIES THE FO DID NOT ARM THE ENTRY WAY DOOR EMER SLIDES BEFORE PUSHBACK STARTED. WHEN NOTICED I ELECTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE ACFT STOPPED BEFORE HAVING HIM ARM THE SLIDES. IN THE MEANWHILE A JUMPSEATER OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR STATING THAT THE SLIDES WERE NOT ARMED. THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS ON. I HAD THE FO ESCORT THE JUMPSEATER TO THE REAR AREA AND SEAT AND ARM THE DOORS. THE CHKLIST HAD BEEN FOLLOWED. THE ITEM READ AND RESPONDED TO ('DOORS/SLIDES' -- 'CLOSED/SLIDES') BUT HAD LOOKED AT ITEM AND RESPONDED WITHOUT NOTING THAT NEITHER DOOR WAS ARMED. CAUGHT THIS, BUT ACFT WAS ALREADY MOVING. ELECTED TO WAIT UNTIL ACFT STOPPED BEFORE SOLVING THE PROB.
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.