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Reversion to basic airway VOR navigation by an A319 flight crew when they experience a dual FCU failure after takeoff from bos, ma.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 539972 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bdl.airport |
| State Reference | CT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 539972 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : overrode automation none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On initial climb out we experienced a dual FCU failure. We complied with ECAM and cockpit operations manual procedures. Navigation was degraded, therefore, ATC gave vectors to dtw at FL310. Landing in dtw uneventful. WX was VFR.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REVERSION TO BASIC AIRWAY VOR NAV BY AN A319 FLC WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE A DUAL FCU FAILURE AFTER TKOF FROM BOS, MA.
Narrative: ON INITIAL CLBOUT WE EXPERIENCED A DUAL FCU FAILURE. WE COMPLIED WITH ECAM AND COCKPIT OPS MANUAL PROCS. NAV WAS DEGRADED, THEREFORE, ATC GAVE VECTORS TO DTW AT FL310. LNDG IN DTW UNEVENTFUL. WX WAS VFR.
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.