An MD80 radar is found operating on the ground at the gate by ground crew after the flight crew depa...

Attributes
ACN	528000
Time
Date	200110
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	528000
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

On ground at gate, ground crew found radar on after crew left aircraft. I do not recall leaving radar on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 RADAR IS FOUND OPERATING ON THE GND AT THE GATE BY GND CREW AFTER THE FLT CREW DEP.

Narrative: ON GND AT GATE, GND CREW FOUND RADAR ON AFTER CREW LEFT ACFT. I DO NOT RECALL LEAVING RADAR ON.

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.

An MD80 radar is found operating on the ground at the gate by ground crew after the flight crew departure.