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B767-300 captain delays boarding until aircraft can be cooled.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 844008 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Upon arriving at aircraft 45 minutes prior to departure; the APU was inoperative and the cabin temperature was 95 degrees with conditioned-air being applied to aircraft. The conditioned-air was ineffective. I asked boarding to be delayed until temperature was reduced. Asked for start carts for pressurized air to run the packs. Instead; another conditioned-air cart was hooked-up and was also ineffective. Asked again for start carts. Once these arrived; close to original scheduled departure time; packs were turned on and the aircraft cooled. Boarding commenced. To prevent fatigue from the heat; I asked the flight attendants to go back into the terminal until the start-carts arrived and the aircraft began cooling.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 Captain delays boarding until aircraft can be cooled.
Narrative: Upon arriving at aircraft 45 minutes prior to departure; the APU was inoperative and the cabin temperature was 95 degrees with conditioned-air being applied to aircraft. The conditioned-air was ineffective. I asked boarding to be delayed until temperature was reduced. Asked for start carts for pressurized air to run the packs. Instead; another conditioned-air cart was hooked-up and was also ineffective. Asked again for start carts. Once these arrived; close to original scheduled departure time; packs were turned on and the aircraft cooled. Boarding commenced. To prevent fatigue from the heat; I asked the flight attendants to go back into the terminal until the start-carts arrived and the aircraft began cooling.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.