<< >> NASA ASRS Report 586714, July 2003

The captain failed to hear a crucial rerte due to the first officer's socializing with a flight attendant.

Attributes
ACN	586714
Time
Date	200307
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : civet
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 240
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival star : paradise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	586714
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Over new mexico, we got a rerte. An flight attendant was in the cockpit talking to the first officer. I missed that the arrival was changed from the civet to the pdz. I entered the change in the FMC and asked the first officer if it looked good. He agreed -- we executed. Before the descent, I verified the civet altitudes with the first officer. Once again the same flight attendant was chatting with him. Approaching civet, center asked us if we were going to konzel. I told the first officer we were on the civet. H east said we had been cleared on the pdz. Oops. We corrected. I never heard the change and did not write it down when I copied the rerte. The first officer was distracted both times I checked with him.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE CAPT FAILED TO HEAR A CRUCIAL RERTE DUE TO THE FO'S SOCIALIZING WITH A FLT ATTENDANT.

Narrative: OVER NEW MEXICO, WE GOT A RERTE. AN FLT ATTENDANT WAS IN THE COCKPIT TALKING TO THE FO. I MISSED THAT THE ARR WAS CHANGED FROM THE CIVET TO THE PDZ. I ENTERED THE CHANGE IN THE FMC AND ASKED THE FO IF IT LOOKED GOOD. HE AGREED -- WE EXECUTED. BEFORE THE DSCNT, I VERIFIED THE CIVET ALTS WITH THE FO. ONCE AGAIN THE SAME FLT ATTENDANT WAS CHATTING WITH HIM. APCHING CIVET, CTR ASKED US IF WE WERE GOING TO KONZEL. I TOLD THE FO WE WERE ON THE CIVET. H E SAID WE HAD BEEN CLRED ON THE PDZ. OOPS. WE CORRECTED. I NEVER HEARD THE CHANGE AND DID NOT WRITE IT DOWN WHEN I COPIED THE RERTE. THE FO WAS DISTRACTED BOTH TIMES I CHKED WITH HIM.

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.