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A B737-500 cabin attendant reports forward entrance door attendants jumpseat deferred as inoperative. Cabin crew not briefed on seating.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 683551 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200511 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| ASRS Report | 683551 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : briefing contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
After being pushed from the gate and final safety checks being performed; flight attendant XXXX sat down in his jumpseat position and the jumpseat came off the wall. Maintenance put tape over the jumpseat so it would not be used. The jumpseat had the tape over it for 3 segments. Concerns include: 1) the number of segments flight attendants did not have jumpseat protection. 2) preflight safety check does not include actually sitting down and testing jumpseat. 3) no communication or direction from onboard supervisor as to where to situation or what additional safety duties might be included with sitting in a passenger seat.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS FORWARD ENTRANCE DOOR ATTENDANTS JUMPSEAT DEFERRED AS INOP. CABIN CREW NOT BRIEFED ON SEATING.
Narrative: AFTER BEING PUSHED FROM THE GATE AND FINAL SAFETY CHKS BEING PERFORMED; FLT ATTENDANT XXXX SAT DOWN IN HIS JUMPSEAT POS AND THE JUMPSEAT CAME OFF THE WALL. MAINT PUT TAPE OVER THE JUMPSEAT SO IT WOULD NOT BE USED. THE JUMPSEAT HAD THE TAPE OVER IT FOR 3 SEGMENTS. CONCERNS INCLUDE: 1) THE NUMBER OF SEGMENTS FLT ATTENDANTS DID NOT HAVE JUMPSEAT PROTECTION. 2) PREFLT SAFETY CHK DOES NOT INCLUDE ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN AND TESTING JUMPSEAT. 3) NO COM OR DIRECTION FROM ONBOARD SUPVR AS TO WHERE TO SIT OR WHAT ADDITIONAL SAFETY DUTIES MIGHT BE INCLUDED WITH SITTING IN A PAX SEAT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.