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Attributes | |
ACN | 388975 |
Time | |
Date | 199712 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
State Reference | OH |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tracon : cvg tower : cak |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | Other Other |
Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff landing other other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 1890 flight time type : 90 |
ASRS Report | 388975 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | other |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
When I arrived at the aircraft prior to departure, I performed the usual preflight and walkaround inspection. After boarding and completing the necessary paperwork, we got underway. Shortly after takeoff we began to hear a loud whine in the cockpit. Moments after, the airspeed indicator began to fluctuate rapidly on both flight displays. The captain and I then decided to return to the airport without undue delay. We landed without incident. Upon returning to the gate, we discovered that the oxygen service door, located in front of the copilot's pitot tube, had come open shortly after takeoff. We later learned that the oxygen had been svced prior to the flight and that it had not been latched properly by the mechanic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF LTT HEARS A LOUD WHINE IN THE COCKPIT AFTER TKOF AND THE AIRSPD INDICATOR BEGINS TO FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY. THEY RETURN LAND AND DISCOVER AN OXYGEN SVC DOOR IS OPEN. THIS HAD BEEN SVCED PRIOR TO DEP.
Narrative: WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE ACFT PRIOR TO DEP, I PERFORMED THE USUAL PREFLT AND WALKAROUND INSPECTION. AFTER BOARDING AND COMPLETING THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK, WE GOT UNDERWAY. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF WE BEGAN TO HEAR A LOUD WHINE IN THE COCKPIT. MOMENTS AFTER, THE AIRSPD INDICATOR BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY ON BOTH FLT DISPLAYS. THE CAPT AND I THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON RETURNING TO THE GATE, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE OXYGEN SVC DOOR, LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE COPLT'S PITOT TUBE, HAD COME OPEN SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. WE LATER LEARNED THAT THE OXYGEN HAD BEEN SVCED PRIOR TO THE FLT AND THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN LATCHED PROPERLY BY THE MECH.
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.