Flight crew of DC9 is told after landing by an off duty FAA inspector that the pre takeoff PA was never heard in the cabin. Flight crew knows the announcement was made because the jump seat rider had to move his legs to allow the first officer to reach the phone.

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Attributes
ACN	373331
Time
Date	199707
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
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	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 168 flight time total : 12200 flight time type : 2900
ASRS Report	373331
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	373330
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were departing ewr to cle. We were cleared into 'position and hold' runway 22R. I asked the first officer to do the before takeoff checklist. He accomplished this task and announced 'checklist complete.' in addition, asked if the flight attendants had been seated. This was acknowledged in the affirmative. We took off and proceeded to cleveland in a normal manner. Upon arrival in cleveland, a passenger (off duty FAA aviation safety inspector) notified me that we had not made the required announcement. In addition, we had another pilot riding cockpit jump seat and afterwards, upon asking him if he remembered the announcement, he said yes. The first officer even had to have him move his knees to get to the handset. All I can recommend is to try and listen to see if you can hear the announcement through the door. Often the PA's are fairly mute and it is impractical and not enough time to call the flight attendants and ask if they heard. In this case they were already in their seats and no incident occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF DC9 IS TOLD AFTER LNDG BY AN OFF DUTY FAA INSPECTOR THAT THE PRE TKOF PA WAS NEVER HEARD IN THE CABIN. FLC KNOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BECAUSE THE JUMP SEAT RIDER HAD TO MOVE HIS LEGS TO ALLOW THE FO TO REACH THE PHONE.

Narrative: WE WERE DEPARTING EWR TO CLE. WE WERE CLRED INTO 'POS AND HOLD' RWY 22R. I ASKED THE FO TO DO THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST. HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS TASK AND ANNOUNCED 'CHKLIST COMPLETE.' IN ADDITION, ASKED IF THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD BEEN SEATED. THIS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED TO CLEVELAND IN A NORMAL MANNER. UPON ARR IN CLEVELAND, A PAX (OFF DUTY FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR) NOTIFIED ME THAT WE HAD NOT MADE THE REQUIRED ANNOUNCEMENT. IN ADDITION, WE HAD ANOTHER PLT RIDING COCKPIT JUMP SEAT AND AFTERWARDS, UPON ASKING HIM IF HE REMEMBERED THE ANNOUNCEMENT, HE SAID YES. THE FO EVEN HAD TO HAVE HIM MOVE HIS KNEES TO GET TO THE HANDSET. ALL I CAN RECOMMEND IS TO TRY AND LISTEN TO SEE IF YOU CAN HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH THE DOOR. OFTEN THE PA'S ARE FAIRLY MUTE AND IT IS IMPRACTICAL AND NOT ENOUGH TIME TO CALL THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND ASK IF THEY HEARD. IN THIS CASE THEY WERE ALREADY IN THEIR SEATS AND NO INCIDENT OCCURRED.

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.