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The captain elected to deviate from the prescribed preflight electric propeller feather checks in order continue on to destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333815 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gso |
| State Reference | NC |
| 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 | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 10700 flight time type : 4800 |
| ASRS Report | 333815 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Electric feather test did not appear to be working. Unable to contact maintenance at home base by phone. Reasoned that autofeather test and low pitch test after start would verify system functioning properly. Tests were done on taxi-out and flight completed to destination. Later talking to maintenance and training captain I realized the tests done after start only verified part of the system working properly. Key component was probably inoperative. Main factor in poor reasoning was probably fatigue due to continuous duty overnight (arrived at hotel XA00 am, left hotel XF10 am), coupled with continuing thoughts about previous night's unrelated emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE CAPT ELECTED TO DEVIATE FROM THE PRESCRIBED PREFLT ELECTRIC PROP FEATHER CHKS IN ORDER CONTINUE ON TO DEST.
Narrative: ELECTRIC FEATHER TEST DID NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING. UNABLE TO CONTACT MAINT AT HOME BASE BY PHONE. REASONED THAT AUTOFEATHER TEST AND LOW PITCH TEST AFTER START WOULD VERIFY SYS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. TESTS WERE DONE ON TAXI-OUT AND FLT COMPLETED TO DEST. LATER TALKING TO MAINT AND TRAINING CAPT I REALIZED THE TESTS DONE AFTER START ONLY VERIFIED PART OF THE SYS WORKING PROPERLY. KEY COMPONENT WAS PROBABLY INOP. MAIN FACTOR IN POOR REASONING WAS PROBABLY FATIGUE DUE TO CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT (ARRIVED AT HOTEL XA00 AM, LEFT HOTEL XF10 AM), COUPLED WITH CONTINUING THOUGHTS ABOUT PREVIOUS NIGHT'S UNRELATED EMER.
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.