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Flight crew of a widebody transport air carrier aircraft failed to activate the standby altimeter vibrator during pre-takeoff checklist resulting in a long overwater flight without the aircraft meeting type certification requirements.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 247196 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| 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 : takeoff cruise other ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 247196 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Jul/thu/93 lax to hnl. The standby altimeter vibrator circuit breaker was not set for duration of trip. It was noted by an FAA maintenance inspector out of hnl.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB ACR ACFT FAILED TO ACTIVATE THE STANDBY ALTIMETER VIBRATOR DURING PRE-TKOF CHKLIST RESULTING IN A LONG OVERWATER FLT WITHOUT THE ACFT MEETING TYPE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Narrative: JUL/THU/93 LAX TO HNL. THE STANDBY ALTIMETER VIBRATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT SET FOR DURATION OF TRIP. IT WAS NOTED BY AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR OUT OF HNL.
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.