An air carrier widebody transport landed without reverses available.

Attributes
ACN	273776
Time
Date	199406
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lgw
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	L-1011-500 Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8100 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	277376
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I am sending this ASRS in regards to an FAA inspector alleging that I did not follow a checklist item as per my duties as a flight engineer. In short, we landed at london's gatwick airport without the thrust reversers. Upon termination of the flight, a follow-up investigation by maintenance revealed these circuit breakers were reset. We do not know if they had been popped during flight or on arrival. All of the aircraft circuit breakers were checked as per the checklist prior to the flight. In fact, I had personally checked the circuit breakers twice during my preflight. As a side note, the captain asked the FAA inspector, who was our jumpseat rider for the flight, if he had seen any problems or discrepancies. The inspector reported none, and said we had done a good job.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB LANDED WITHOUT REVERSES AVAILABLE.

Narrative: I AM SENDING THIS ASRS IN REGARDS TO AN FAA INSPECTOR ALLEGING THAT I DID NOT FOLLOW A CHKLIST ITEM AS PER MY DUTIES AS A FE. IN SHORT, WE LANDED AT LONDON'S GATWICK ARPT WITHOUT THE THRUST REVERSERS. UPON TERMINATION OF THE FLT, A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION BY MAINT REVEALED THESE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE RESET. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAD BEEN POPPED DURING FLT OR ON ARR. ALL OF THE ACFT CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE CHKED AS PER THE CHKLIST PRIOR TO THE FLT. IN FACT, I HAD PERSONALLY CHKED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS TWICE DURING MY PREFLT. AS A SIDE NOTE, THE CAPT ASKED THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO WAS OUR JUMPSEAT RIDER FOR THE FLT, IF HE HAD SEEN ANY PROBS OR DISCREPANCIES. THE INSPECTOR RPTED NONE, AND SAID WE HAD DONE A GOOD JOB.

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.