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Additional flight crew ground crew coordination efforts required when it is found that the parked B737 had moved back onto the fueler's grounding cable while the parking brake was not yet set at sjc, ca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 610059 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200403 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 610059 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : gnd 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
When I arrived at the aircraft, maintenance was just finishing up dealing with an IRS problem, because the IRU's were left on with the battery switch off (I assume from the night before). Dealing with maintenance and this problem, the first officer failed to notice that the parking brake was not set. When we did the before starting engines checklist, we found the parking brake issue and set it at that point. Ground crew called us about that time and asked us if we released the brakes. I told them they were not set and we just set them. Ground crew said that the plane rolled back over the fueler's grounding cable and he could not retract the cable. When I set the parking brake, I didn't notice any movement, but thinking back when I was greeting the passenger, I noticed the aircraft move a little. Looking back, I believe the aircraft was moved when the ground crew was hooking the tug up to the aircraft and in doing so, slightly moved the aircraft back over the fueler's grounding cable.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ADDITIONAL FLT CREW GND CREW COORD EFFORTS REQUIRED WHEN IT IS FOUND THAT THE PARKED B737 HAD MOVED BACK ONTO THE FUELER'S GNDING CABLE WHILE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT YET SET AT SJC, CA.
Narrative: WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE ACFT, MAINT WAS JUST FINISHING UP DEALING WITH AN IRS PROB, BECAUSE THE IRU'S WERE LEFT ON WITH THE BATTERY SWITCH OFF (I ASSUME FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE). DEALING WITH MAINT AND THIS PROB, THE FO FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT SET. WHEN WE DID THE BEFORE STARTING ENGS CHKLIST, WE FOUND THE PARKING BRAKE ISSUE AND SET IT AT THAT POINT. GND CREW CALLED US ABOUT THAT TIME AND ASKED US IF WE RELEASED THE BRAKES. I TOLD THEM THEY WERE NOT SET AND WE JUST SET THEM. GND CREW SAID THAT THE PLANE ROLLED BACK OVER THE FUELER'S GNDING CABLE AND HE COULD NOT RETRACT THE CABLE. WHEN I SET THE PARKING BRAKE, I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY MOVEMENT, BUT THINKING BACK WHEN I WAS GREETING THE PAX, I NOTICED THE ACFT MOVE A LITTLE. LOOKING BACK, I BELIEVE THE ACFT WAS MOVED WHEN THE GND CREW WAS HOOKING THE TUG UP TO THE ACFT AND IN DOING SO, SLIGHTLY MOVED THE ACFT BACK OVER THE FUELER'S GNDING CABLE.
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.