![]() |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Attributes | |
ACN | 1319368 |
Time | |
Date | 201512 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Electrical Distribution Busbar |
Person 1 | |
Function | Dispatcher |
Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight called enroute with a dc ess bus 1 failure. After review of the QRH with maintenance and the crew it was determined that they should continue to destination which was 260 miles away at that time. The QRH stated to land as soon as possible.during the communication via ACARS and radio the crew informed dispatch that they had turned the battery off and that they had not lost any systems due to the dc ess bus fail. The QRH did say to land as soon as possible; however; after discussion between maintenance; the crew and dispatch it was decided to continue to destination. The nearest alternative was an unfamiliar airport not in our operation specs and an airport which we had not been to. Although the [aircraft] had not lost any of the listed systems in the QRH; if any or all had been lost it was felt it was felt the safer action would be to land at the destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Embraer ERJ Crew with a DC Essential Bus 1 failure at night; after consulting with Maintenance Control and Dispatch; continues to theirs destination instead of landing at an unfamiliar alternate airport.
Narrative: Flight called enroute with a DC ESS BUS 1 failure. After review of the QRH with maintenance and the crew it was determined that they should continue to destination which was 260 miles away at that time. The QRH stated to land as soon as possible.During the communication via ACARS and radio the crew informed Dispatch that they had turned the battery off and that they had not lost any systems due to the DC ESS BUS fail. The QRH did say to land as soon as possible; however; after discussion between Maintenance; the Crew and Dispatch it was decided to continue to destination. The nearest alternative was an unfamiliar airport not in our OP specs and an airport which we had not been to. Although the [aircraft] had not lost any of the listed systems in the QRH; if any or all had been lost it was felt it was felt the safer action would be to land at the destination.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.