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An air carrier large transport freighter crew flew over water in the caribbean without the required life rafts aboard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 233314 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sdf |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 233314 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I discovered that there were no life rafts on the aircraft after landing in san juan on a flight from louisville, ky. An aircraft swap had occurred before departure and the rafts did not get transferred. All crew members were on reserve and were called out with minimum notice to fly extra volume of freight that could not be carried on the scheduled flight. Life vests were on board. For the return flight, life rafts were ordered through maintenance channels and were flown in from louisville before departing san juan. Life rafts were on board for the return flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT FREIGHTER CREW FLEW OVER WATER IN THE CARIBBEAN WITHOUT THE REQUIRED LIFE RAFTS ABOARD.
Narrative: I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO LIFE RAFTS ON THE ACFT AFTER LNDG IN SAN JUAN ON A FLT FROM LOUISVILLE, KY. AN ACFT SWAP HAD OCCURRED BEFORE DEP AND THE RAFTS DID NOT GET TRANSFERRED. ALL CREW MEMBERS WERE ON RESERVE AND WERE CALLED OUT WITH MINIMUM NOTICE TO FLY EXTRA VOLUME OF FREIGHT THAT COULD NOT BE CARRIED ON THE SCHEDULED FLT. LIFE VESTS WERE ON BOARD. FOR THE RETURN FLT, LIFE RAFTS WERE ORDERED THROUGH MAINT CHANNELS AND WERE FLOWN IN FROM LOUISVILLE BEFORE DEPARTING SAN JUAN. LIFE RAFTS WERE ON BOARD FOR THE RETURN FLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.