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Flight crew forgot to retract slats after takeoff. PNF was a new captain. The flight took off not knowing the departure control frequency. Departure control after takeoff instructions lengthy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333586 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tol |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 665 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tol |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 4600 |
| ASRS Report | 333586 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:
On departure PNF (new captain) didn't retract slats when called for. He was busy contacting departure control and receiving lengthy instructions. Also, I neglected to write down departure frequency during preflight, adding to his workload. The discrepancy wasn't caught until we began accelerating and noticed a rumbling at which time we retracted the slats. Contributing factors: 1) new captain and high workload. 2) steep climb and low airspeed which resulted no rumbling noise. 3) angle of sun causing glare, canceling out the slat extended light. 4) no flap/slat item on climb checklist.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC FORGOT TO RETRACT SLATS AFTER TKOF. PNF WAS A NEW CAPT. THE FLT TOOK OFF NOT KNOWING THE DEP CTL FREQ. DEP CTL AFTER TKOF INSTRUCTIONS LENGTHY.
Narrative: ON DEP PNF (NEW CAPT) DIDN'T RETRACT SLATS WHEN CALLED FOR. HE WAS BUSY CONTACTING DEP CTL AND RECEIVING LENGTHY INSTRUCTIONS. ALSO, I NEGLECTED TO WRITE DOWN DEP FREQ DURING PREFLT, ADDING TO HIS WORKLOAD. THE DISCREPANCY WASN'T CAUGHT UNTIL WE BEGAN ACCELERATING AND NOTICED A RUMBLING AT WHICH TIME WE RETRACTED THE SLATS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) NEW CAPT AND HIGH WORKLOAD. 2) STEEP CLB AND LOW AIRSPD WHICH RESULTED NO RUMBLING NOISE. 3) ANGLE OF SUN CAUSING GLARE, CANCELING OUT THE SLAT EXTENDED LIGHT. 4) NO FLAP/SLAT ITEM ON CLB CHKLIST.
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.