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Flight crew of an air carrier light transport exceeded flight time duty limitations by being redispatched after returning due to a mechanical problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : clv airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| 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 | other other : other pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 376810 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were scheduled to fly 7 hours and 29 mins on jan/wed/96. By the time we started what was to be our last leg we'd had numerous delays. We took off on the last leg and then had to return to the departure airport for a mechanical problem. The problem was fixed fairly quickly. Dispatch refiled us to bhm (same destination we'd been headed for when we had to return) and we were on our way again. Well when we left that time we'd already had 6 hours 40 mins of flight time for the day. The last leg was scheduled for 1 hour 43 mins, so that would put us well over 8 hours. I guess when we returned to our departure airport our original flight assignment was completed, and sending us to our destination again was a modification or extension of our trip. Since, at the time of the extension, it was known that it would put us over 8 hours, it was illegal. At the time, however, I thought of it as finishing our original trip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ACR LTT EXCEEDED FLT TIME DUTY LIMITATIONS BY BEING REDISPATCHED AFTER RETURNING DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROB.
Narrative: WE WERE SCHEDULED TO FLY 7 HRS AND 29 MINS ON JAN/WED/96. BY THE TIME WE STARTED WHAT WAS TO BE OUR LAST LEG WE'D HAD NUMEROUS DELAYS. WE TOOK OFF ON THE LAST LEG AND THEN HAD TO RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT FOR A MECHANICAL PROB. THE PROB WAS FIXED FAIRLY QUICKLY. DISPATCH REFILED US TO BHM (SAME DEST WE'D BEEN HEADED FOR WHEN WE HAD TO RETURN) AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY AGAIN. WELL WHEN WE LEFT THAT TIME WE'D ALREADY HAD 6 HRS 40 MINS OF FLT TIME FOR THE DAY. THE LAST LEG WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1 HR 43 MINS, SO THAT WOULD PUT US WELL OVER 8 HRS. I GUESS WHEN WE RETURNED TO OUR DEP ARPT OUR ORIGINAL FLT ASSIGNMENT WAS COMPLETED, AND SENDING US TO OUR DEST AGAIN WAS A MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF OUR TRIP. SINCE, AT THE TIME OF THE EXTENSION, IT WAS KNOWN THAT IT WOULD PUT US OVER 8 HRS, IT WAS ILLEGAL. AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, I THOUGHT OF IT AS FINISHING OUR ORIGINAL TRIP.
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.