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CRJ50 captain reports departing with the fourteenth stage bleed valves closed; which is not detected until landing when the reversers would not arm.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 968425 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201109 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pneumatic Valve/Bleed Valve |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Neither of us saw the 14th stage bleeds closed on preflight or takeoff. Reversers would not arm on landing. Could not find an emergency checklist for 'thrust reversers wouldn't arm' and we had plenty of landing distance; so we landed and called maintenance. I felt appropriately stupid. The airplane had flown that day. First officer did all the checklists. I don't know why I didn't see them. Captains need to pay attention when they get in the airplane. I thought I was; but obviously wasn't. What I have done since is review the airplane systems and remind myself to pay attention to other than just the things I have to touch on the checklist. This is probably not adequate to completely prevent this kind of mistake; but good ideas are getting harder to come by.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ50 Captain reports departing with the fourteenth stage bleed valves closed; which is not detected until landing when the reversers would not arm.
Narrative: Neither of us saw the 14th stage bleeds closed on preflight or takeoff. Reversers would not arm on landing. Could not find an emergency checklist for 'thrust reversers wouldn't arm' and we had plenty of landing distance; so we landed and called Maintenance. I felt appropriately stupid. The airplane had flown that day. First Officer did all the checklists. I don't know why I didn't see them. Captains need to pay attention when they get in the airplane. I thought I was; but obviously wasn't. What I have done since is review the airplane systems and remind myself to pay attention to other than just the things I have to touch on the checklist. This is probably not adequate to completely prevent this kind of mistake; but good ideas are getting harder to come by.
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.