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When an air carrier's door warning annunciator illuminated during taxi, the crewmembers were accused of manipulating the door to activate the ACARS 'in time' for an earlier than actual arrival time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 300716 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 300716 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing and taxiing in at fll, the flight engineer stated 'main cabin door warning light came on.' he immediately picked up the intercom and told the flight attendant to hit the handle. This extinguished the light. The reason I'm filling out the form is because we had an FAA maintenance inspector from the fll office on board. He became upset and stated that this was an attempt by the flight attendant at the forward position to activate the ACARS and show us with an 'in time' earlier than actual. By cracking the door the ACARS would show us in, up to 4 or 5 mins ahead of actual in time and lessen our chance of being outside of the 'DOT 14' leeway on scheduled arrival time. I had no knowledge of such a practice and the flight attendant denied such motivation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHEN AN ACR'S DOOR WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED DURING TAXI, THE CREWMEMBERS WERE ACCUSED OF MANIPULATING THE DOOR TO ACTIVATE THE ACARS 'IN TIME' FOR AN EARLIER THAN ACTUAL ARR TIME.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AND TAXIING IN AT FLL, THE FE STATED 'MAIN CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON.' HE IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP THE INTERCOM AND TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANT TO HIT THE HANDLE. THIS EXTINGUISHED THE LIGHT. THE REASON I'M FILLING OUT THE FORM IS BECAUSE WE HAD AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR FROM THE FLL OFFICE ON BOARD. HE BECAME UPSET AND STATED THAT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE FLT ATTENDANT AT THE FORWARD POS TO ACTIVATE THE ACARS AND SHOW US WITH AN 'IN TIME' EARLIER THAN ACTUAL. BY CRACKING THE DOOR THE ACARS WOULD SHOW US IN, UP TO 4 OR 5 MINS AHEAD OF ACTUAL IN TIME AND LESSEN OUR CHANCE OF BEING OUTSIDE OF THE 'DOT 14' LEEWAY ON SCHEDULED ARR TIME. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A PRACTICE AND THE FLT ATTENDANT DENIED SUCH MOTIVATION.
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.