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Attributes | |
ACN | 293288 |
Time | |
Date | 199501 |
Day | Fri |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : pit |
State Reference | PA |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | IMC |
Light | Dusk |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2400 |
ASRS Report | 293288 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Deiced in conditions we did not consider to be freezing rain so we therefore used type 1 fluid. We later found out that conditions were considered freezing rain which requires type 2 fluid.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WRONG DEICING FLUID USED FOR RPTED CONDITIONS.
Narrative: DEICED IN CONDITIONS WE DID NOT CONSIDER TO BE FREEZING RAIN SO WE THEREFORE USED TYPE 1 FLUID. WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT CONDITIONS WERE CONSIDERED FREEZING RAIN WHICH REQUIRES TYPE 2 FLUID.
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.