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An air carrier small transport made a power back from a gate without the proper authorization page in his flight operations manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 249178 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : frg |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5550 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 249178 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
We were in the preboarding process, when another aircraft blocked us in our parking position. We were unable to taxi forward. We were then asked by ramp personnel to do a pwrback. We did so without difficulty. The next day, 2 men from the FAA approached me and asked if we were authorized to conduct a pwrback operation. I replied yes, and showed them my flight operation manual which authorizes me to conduct pwrbacks in the make, model and series of the aircraft for which we were flying. The only restriction that applied was regarding only authorized airports. The manual stated that the certificate holder is authorized to conduct pwrback operations at the airports specified in a table. The problem is that this list was not in the flight operation manual. I called the director of operations and he said that we were authorized to do a pwrback at frg. He also said that the absence of the list of airports in the manual was an oversight and it would be rectified. The men from the FAA appeared satisfied with the explanation and the pending rectification.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR SMT MADE A PWR BACK FROM A GATE WITHOUT THE PROPER AUTHORIZATION PAGE IN HIS FLT OPS MANUAL.
Narrative: WE WERE IN THE PREBOARDING PROCESS, WHEN ANOTHER ACFT BLOCKED US IN OUR PARKING POS. WE WERE UNABLE TO TAXI FORWARD. WE WERE THEN ASKED BY RAMP PERSONNEL TO DO A PWRBACK. WE DID SO WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE NEXT DAY, 2 MEN FROM THE FAA APCHED ME AND ASKED IF WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT A PWRBACK OP. I REPLIED YES, AND SHOWED THEM MY FLT OP MANUAL WHICH AUTHORIZES ME TO CONDUCT PWRBACKS IN THE MAKE, MODEL AND SERIES OF THE ACFT FOR WHICH WE WERE FLYING. THE ONLY RESTRICTION THAT APPLIED WAS REGARDING ONLY AUTHORIZED ARPTS. THE MANUAL STATED THAT THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT PWRBACK OPS AT THE ARPTS SPECIFIED IN A TABLE. THE PROB IS THAT THIS LIST WAS NOT IN THE FLT OP MANUAL. I CALLED THE DIRECTOR OF OPS AND HE SAID THAT WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO DO A PWRBACK AT FRG. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE ABSENCE OF THE LIST OF ARPTS IN THE MANUAL WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND IT WOULD BE RECTIFIED. THE MEN FROM THE FAA APPEARED SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION AND THE PENDING RECTIFICATION.
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.