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Captain of medium large transport secured a passenger seat tray table with tape due to a broken latch until it could be properly repaired at the maintenance base.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 278804 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sat |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 13000 |
| ASRS Report | 278804 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight, sat hou. On arrival was informed of a tray table latch was broken. I checked mpl and found no reference to tray table. So to secure up table I taped table up with heavy packing tape and made annotation in cabin appearance long and noted to get item fixed at next stop at our hou maintenance station (we did). After taping, a 'knowledgeable' passenger inquired if this was 'official approved tape repair' of the table. I joked that it was. Did not intentionally do anything wrong. This reporter submitted in case I am criticized for the actions I took.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF MLG SECURED A PAX SEAT TRAY TABLE WITH TAPE DUE TO A BROKEN LATCH UNTIL IT COULD BE PROPERLY REPAIRED AT THE MAINT BASE.
Narrative: FLT, SAT HOU. ON ARR WAS INFORMED OF A TRAY TABLE LATCH WAS BROKEN. I CHKED MPL AND FOUND NO REF TO TRAY TABLE. SO TO SECURE UP TABLE I TAPED TABLE UP WITH HVY PACKING TAPE AND MADE ANNOTATION IN CABIN APPEARANCE LONG AND NOTED TO GET ITEM FIXED AT NEXT STOP AT OUR HOU MAINT STATION (WE DID). AFTER TAPING, A 'KNOWLEDGEABLE' PAX INQUIRED IF THIS WAS 'OFFICIAL APPROVED TAPE REPAIR' OF THE TABLE. I JOKED THAT IT WAS. DID NOT INTENTIONALLY DO ANYTHING WRONG. THIS RPTR SUBMITTED IN CASE I AM CRITICIZED FOR THE ACTIONS I TOOK.
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.