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An A330 captain reported discovering a first officer's seat with no head restraint and no place to install one.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 877143 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pilot Seat |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During pre-flight checks I noticed the first officer seat was not the same as the other cockpit seats on our A330 fleet. It had no head restraint or a place for one. I had previously stated my concerns for the crash worthiness of this seat and the fact that it didn't look like it belonged on the flight deck. Previously; someone from the flight safety department left a voice message on my cell thanking me for reporting about this seat. They said that the fleet captain had been involved and found out that maintenance control had the wrong seat numbers in their manual and that the seat was not an approved seat for the aircraft. Imagine my surprise to find the seat still installed and maintenance signing off my logbook stating that the seat was approved. Dispatch said they talked with an A330 check airman who said the seat had been on the aircraft for a year so it must be legal. This aircraft had just come back from maintenance work and I wondered if the unapproved seat had been installed there. This seat should be removed from the aircraft. It has no head restraint to prevent severe neck injuries during an otherwise survivable crash.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A330 Captain reported discovering a First Officer's seat with no head restraint and no place to install one.
Narrative: During pre-flight checks I noticed the First Officer seat was not the same as the other cockpit seats on our A330 fleet. It had no head restraint or a place for one. I had previously stated my concerns for the crash worthiness of this seat and the fact that it didn't look like it belonged on the flight deck. Previously; someone from the Flight Safety Department left a voice message on my cell thanking me for reporting about this seat. They said that the Fleet Captain had been involved and found out that Maintenance Control had the wrong seat numbers in their manual and that the seat was not an approved seat for the aircraft. Imagine my surprise to find the seat still installed and Maintenance signing off my logbook stating that the seat was approved. Dispatch said they talked with an A330 Check Airman who said the seat had been on the aircraft for a year so it must be legal. This aircraft had just come back from maintenance work and I wondered if the unapproved seat had been installed there. This seat should be removed from the aircraft. It has no head restraint to prevent severe neck injuries during an otherwise survivable crash.
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.