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Captain flew 3 hour flight over ocean with inoperative navigation equipment despite protests from first officer and so.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 235294 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gum |
| State Reference | GU |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 30000 msl bound upper : 30000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : z337 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 235294 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Unrecoverable loss to #1 AC bus in flight resulting in total loss of captain's instruments and #1 INS. First officer and so wanted to return to guam as we were only 30-45 mins out. The captain, citing economic reasons, elected to continue the 3 hour flight to tokyo on 1 INS and only first officer instruments, over first officer's verbal objections. This captain, who verbally rebukes the principals of cockpit crew management, told the first officer not to touch the plane while he attempted to fly the aircraft without instruments (not responding to first officer's request for emergency power) and yell at the so. In tokyo it was discovered the #1 INS emergency battery was depicted (a no-go item) and the captain wanted to take the flight back to guam despite first officer's and so's objection. Captain told station manager it was first officer's and so's fault flight was delayed as we would not take the aircraft in this condition.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT FLEW 3 HR FLT OVER OCEAN WITH INOP NAV EQUIP DESPITE PROTESTS FROM FO AND SO.
Narrative: UNRECOVERABLE LOSS TO #1 AC BUS IN FLT RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF CAPT'S INSTS AND #1 INS. FO AND SO WANTED TO RETURN TO GUAM AS WE WERE ONLY 30-45 MINS OUT. THE CAPT, CITING ECONOMIC REASONS, ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE 3 HR FLT TO TOKYO ON 1 INS AND ONLY FO INSTS, OVER FO'S VERBAL OBJECTIONS. THIS CAPT, WHO VERBALLY REBUKES THE PRINCIPALS OF COCKPIT CREW MGMNT, TOLD THE FO NOT TO TOUCH THE PLANE WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE ACFT WITHOUT INSTS (NOT RESPONDING TO FO'S REQUEST FOR EMER PWR) AND YELL AT THE SO. IN TOKYO IT WAS DISCOVERED THE #1 INS EMER BATTERY WAS DEPICTED (A NO-GO ITEM) AND THE CAPT WANTED TO TAKE THE FLT BACK TO GUAM DESPITE FO'S AND SO'S OBJECTION. CAPT TOLD STATION MGR IT WAS FO'S AND SO'S FAULT FLT WAS DELAYED AS WE WOULD NOT TAKE THE ACFT IN THIS CONDITION.
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.