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A B757 flight crew is informed before takeoff that there is a problem with the passenger oxygen. The flight crew assumed it was fixed. After landing, the flight crew is informed that it was passenger portable oxygen which is not allowed to be on the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 632774 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200410 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sna.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : company check pilot |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 632774 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Holding short of runway 19R at sna, with tower giving us takeoff clearance, we got a chime from the mid-cabin about passenger oxygen. We informed tower, taxied clear of the runway, held on a taxiway short of runway 19R. Purser informed us of a problem with passenger therapeutic oxygen, stating the hose was pinched. As far as I knew the problem was corrected, and we resumed takeoff. Upon arrival in ord, one of the flight attendants showed us a page from their manual stating personal therapeutic oxygen was not allowed on the aircraft. To be brutally honest, this was the first I heard of personal oxygen on board. We checked our manual then, it stated check the in-flight manual. Our concerns involve interrupting the flight crew at a critical point in the flight with an item that should have been caught and corrected prior to gate departure. Further, no information is available in the fom to xchk every other division responsible for this. Interrogative, the passenger's personal oxygen was a very small bottle with a heavily padded bag.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLT CREW IS INFORMED BEFORE TKOF THAT THERE IS A PROB WITH THE PAX OXYGEN. THE FLT CREW ASSUMED IT WAS FIXED. AFTER LNDG, THE FLT CREW IS INFORMED THAT IT WAS PAX PORTABLE OXYGEN WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE ACFT.
Narrative: HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 19R AT SNA, WITH TWR GIVING US TKOF CLRNC, WE GOT A CHIME FROM THE MID-CABIN ABOUT PAX OXYGEN. WE INFORMED TWR, TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY, HELD ON A TXWY SHORT OF RWY 19R. PURSER INFORMED US OF A PROB WITH PAX THERAPEUTIC OXYGEN, STATING THE HOSE WAS PINCHED. AS FAR AS I KNEW THE PROB WAS CORRECTED, AND WE RESUMED TKOF. UPON ARR IN ORD, ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS SHOWED US A PAGE FROM THEIR MANUAL STATING PERSONAL THERAPEUTIC OXYGEN WAS NOT ALLOWED ON THE ACFT. TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, THIS WAS THE FIRST I HEARD OF PERSONAL OXYGEN ON BOARD. WE CHKED OUR MANUAL THEN, IT STATED CHK THE INFLT MANUAL. OUR CONCERNS INVOLVE INTERRUPTING THE FLT CREW AT A CRITICAL POINT IN THE FLT WITH AN ITEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND CORRECTED PRIOR TO GATE DEP. FURTHER, NO INFO IS AVAILABLE IN THE FOM TO XCHK EVERY OTHER DIVISION RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. INTERROGATIVE, THE PAX'S PERSONAL OXYGEN WAS A VERY SMALL BOTTLE WITH A HEAVILY PADDED BAG.
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.