<< >> NASA ASRS Report 559511, September 2002

An A320 crew, en route to dca, realizing they had not received their mandatory dca security briefing prior to departure, diverted to iad.

Attributes
ACN	559511
Time
Date	200209
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 19000
ASRS Report	559511
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	559287
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Preflight distractions caused me to neglect to obtain the required security briefing for all flts to/from dca. Realized en route of the failure and diverted to iad for redispatch to dca. Without the briefing, I didn't possess the proper 'procedure' for that day's flts. After phone calls with dispatch, flight safety, and my chief pilot, we were redispatched to dca. One interesting note is the flight was never visually inspected to determine our status. We parked on the remote cargo ramp and paperwork was handed through the window. The preflight distractions (no excuse) were: unscheduled plane change, flight paperwork print malfunction, maintenance in progress, 3 separate pre-boardings of armed leo's , agent brought paperwork to aircraft, extensive maintenance briefing for single pack dispatch with 'good' pack with temperature controller problem. Supplemental information from acn 559287: en route to dca we discovered we had not called our dispatcher prior to flight to get our briefings. We talked to our dispatcher en route and were told to divert to iad.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 CREW, ENRTE TO DCA, REALIZING THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THEIR MANDATORY DCA SECURITY BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEP, DIVERTED TO IAD.

Narrative: PREFLT DISTRACTIONS CAUSED ME TO NEGLECT TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED SECURITY BRIEFING FOR ALL FLTS TO/FROM DCA. REALIZED ENRTE OF THE FAILURE AND DIVERTED TO IAD FOR REDISPATCH TO DCA. WITHOUT THE BRIEFING, I DIDN'T POSSESS THE PROPER 'PROC' FOR THAT DAY'S FLTS. AFTER PHONE CALLS WITH DISPATCH, FLT SAFETY, AND MY CHIEF PLT, WE WERE REDISPATCHED TO DCA. ONE INTERESTING NOTE IS THE FLT WAS NEVER VISUALLY INSPECTED TO DETERMINE OUR STATUS. WE PARKED ON THE REMOTE CARGO RAMP AND PAPERWORK WAS HANDED THROUGH THE WINDOW. THE PREFLT DISTRACTIONS (NO EXCUSE) WERE: UNSCHEDULED PLANE CHANGE, FLT PAPERWORK PRINT MALFUNCTION, MAINT IN PROGRESS, 3 SEPARATE PRE-BOARDINGS OF ARMED LEO'S , AGENT BROUGHT PAPERWORK TO ACFT, EXTENSIVE MAINT BRIEFING FOR SINGLE PACK DISPATCH WITH 'GOOD' PACK WITH TEMP CTLR PROB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 559287: ENRTE TO DCA WE DISCOVERED WE HAD NOT CALLED OUR DISPATCHER PRIOR TO FLT TO GET OUR BRIEFINGS. WE TALKED TO OUR DISPATCHER ENRTE AND WERE TOLD TO DIVERT TO IAD.

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.