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Flight is continued after the tower was advised aircraft was returning to the gate for a mechanical problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 255486 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Sun |
| 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 | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 220 |
| ASRS Report | 255486 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On pushback, we got an EICAS message on screen 'elev left hydraulic.' we pushed into the alley between terminals 1 and 2 in lax. We advised the pushback crew, who under company policy are flight mechanics. The pushback continued to our stop position in the alley. The mechanic in control of our pushback advised us to cycle the flaps to full down position and then full up. We accomplished this and the EICAS message remained on. The mechanic advised us to get clearance to the gate which I did. Tower asked for reason and I advised a possible mechanical problem with flaps. The tower acknowledged and as we were about to return to the gate, the EICAS message dropped out. We advised the mechanic, he asked us to check recall, which we did, and the screen remained blank. The mechanic thought we were ok and didn't need a writeup. We advised ground control that we were ready for taxi. No message occurred the rest of the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT IS CONTINUED AFTER THE TWR WAS ADVISED ACFT WAS RETURNING TO THE GATE FOR A MECHANICAL PROB.
Narrative: ON PUSHBACK, WE GOT AN EICAS MESSAGE ON SCREEN 'ELEV L HYD.' WE PUSHED INTO THE ALLEY BTWN TERMINALS 1 AND 2 IN LAX. WE ADVISED THE PUSHBACK CREW, WHO UNDER COMPANY POLICY ARE FLT MECHS. THE PUSHBACK CONTINUED TO OUR STOP POS IN THE ALLEY. THE MECH IN CTL OF OUR PUSHBACK ADVISED US TO CYCLE THE FLAPS TO FULL DOWN POS AND THEN FULL UP. WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AND THE EICAS MESSAGE REMAINED ON. THE MECH ADVISED US TO GET CLRNC TO THE GATE WHICH I DID. TWR ASKED FOR REASON AND I ADVISED A POSSIBLE MECHANICAL PROB WITH FLAPS. THE TWR ACKNOWLEDGED AND AS WE WERE ABOUT TO RETURN TO THE GATE, THE EICAS MESSAGE DROPPED OUT. WE ADVISED THE MECH, HE ASKED US TO CHK RECALL, WHICH WE DID, AND THE SCREEN REMAINED BLANK. THE MECH THOUGHT WE WERE OK AND DIDN'T NEED A WRITEUP. WE ADVISED GND CTL THAT WE WERE READY FOR TAXI. NO MESSAGE OCCURRED THE REST OF THE 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.