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There was a center radar outage. The flight was parked for 15 mins in the holding area, #1 to go. With no warning the flight was cleared into position and hold. The reporter opened the forward entry door to check the wings for snow and deployed the armed slide in the process.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 331884 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 331884 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Center radar outage. Parked for 15 mins in holding area. We were #1 to go. With no warning we were cleared into position and hold. I got up to check the wings for snow. I opened the forward entry door and deployed the slide.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THERE WAS A CTR RADAR OUTAGE. THE FLT WAS PARKED FOR 15 MINS IN THE HOLDING AREA, #1 TO GO. WITH NO WARNING THE FLT WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. THE RPTR OPENED THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR TO CHK THE WINGS FOR SNOW AND DEPLOYED THE ARMED SLIDE IN THE PROCESS.
Narrative: CTR RADAR OUTAGE. PARKED FOR 15 MINS IN HOLDING AREA. WE WERE #1 TO GO. WITH NO WARNING WE WERE CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. I GOT UP TO CHK THE WINGS FOR SNOW. I OPENED THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR AND DEPLOYED THE SLIDE.
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.