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Flight crew experience level -- air carrier captain decided that he needed to practice so he hand flew the aircraft badly and may have entered an airport's class 'B' airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 309690 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199507 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : egkk |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lhr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 309690 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain decided to fly first officer's leg out of london stating he needed the practice. He then tried to navigation the 180 degree turn after takeoff using DME instead of the HSI glass cockpit and FMC which was giving him correct commands. He did not start his turn when commanded by the flight director and needed extensive help from the first officer and the 3RD pilot. Captain appeared to violate lhr airspace and then got confused on vertical navigation and would not take over manually. Captain flew a very erratic path up through 6000 ft until the other pilots could get him settled down. The captain was low time reserve pilot with very poor knowledge of operations procedure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC EXPERIENCE LEVEL -- ACR CAPT DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED TO PRACTICE SO HE HAND FLEW THE ACFT BADLY AND MAY HAVE ENTERED AN ARPT'S CLASS 'B' AIRSPACE.
Narrative: CAPT DECIDED TO FLY FO'S LEG OUT OF LONDON STATING HE NEEDED THE PRACTICE. HE THEN TRIED TO NAV THE 180 DEG TURN AFTER TKOF USING DME INSTEAD OF THE HSI GLASS COCKPIT AND FMC WHICH WAS GIVING HIM CORRECT COMMANDS. HE DID NOT START HIS TURN WHEN COMMANDED BY THE FLT DIRECTOR AND NEEDED EXTENSIVE HELP FROM THE FO AND THE 3RD PLT. CAPT APPEARED TO VIOLATE LHR AIRSPACE AND THEN GOT CONFUSED ON VERT NAV AND WOULD NOT TAKE OVER MANUALLY. CAPT FLEW A VERY ERRATIC PATH UP THROUGH 6000 FT UNTIL THE OTHER PLTS COULD GET HIM SETTLED DOWN. THE CAPT WAS LOW TIME RESERVE PLT WITH VERY POOR KNOWLEDGE OF OPS PROC.
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.