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Air carrier captain reports an overly loud raas warning requiring the crew to ask the tower to repeat the last transmission.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1112295 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201308 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FLL.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | GPWS |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
We were cleared by ground to taxi to 10L and to cross the intersecting runway. Before getting to the intersecting runway we were switched to tower. Approaching the intersecting runway tower began; 'aircraft callsign abc;' but his transmission was completely overridden by the raas going off. Being of course unaware of what tower had tried to tell us we asked for a repeat while slowing the aircraft in case he wanted us to hold short. He did not; he then actually said 'disregard;' which we did. If only we could disregard the blasted raas! The raas pure and simple; does no earthly good whatsoever; and causes a real hazard to communications.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reports an overly loud RAAS warning requiring the crew to ask the Tower to repeat the last transmission.
Narrative: We were cleared by Ground to taxi to 10L and to cross the intersecting runway. Before getting to the intersecting runway we were switched to Tower. Approaching the intersecting runway Tower began; 'Aircraft callsign ABC;' but his transmission was completely overridden by the RAAS going off. Being of course unaware of what Tower had tried to tell us we asked for a repeat while slowing the aircraft in case he wanted us to hold short. He did not; he then actually said 'Disregard;' which we did. If only we could disregard the blasted RAAS! The RAAS pure and simple; does no earthly good whatsoever; and causes a real hazard to communications.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.