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A B757 took off with the cabin fasten seat belt sign unlighted due to the failure to perform the engine start checklist completely after a ground hold.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389270 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : shv |
| State Reference | LA |
| 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 | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 389270 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Essentially, we taxied, took off, and began our climb en route with the seatbelt sign off. A flight attendant called us about it and that's when we realized what had happened. Earlier, we had diverted to shv because of WX (and fuel) at dfw, our original destination. After refueling and completing our cockpit checks, we began to taxi, but then were advised by ground control of an ATC delay. We then stopped the aircraft, shut down, and turned the seatbelt sign off. Later, after receiving ATC clearance to depart, we started back up and began taxiing. At no time did we reread the before start checklist, and as a result, the seatbelt sign was left off until we were asked about it during our climb out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 TOOK OFF WITH THE CABIN FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN UNLIGHTED DUE TO THE FAILURE TO PERFORM THE ENG START CHKLIST COMPLETELY AFTER A GND HOLD.
Narrative: ESSENTIALLY, WE TAXIED, TOOK OFF, AND BEGAN OUR CLB ENRTE WITH THE SEATBELT SIGN OFF. A FLT ATTENDANT CALLED US ABOUT IT AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. EARLIER, WE HAD DIVERTED TO SHV BECAUSE OF WX (AND FUEL) AT DFW, OUR ORIGINAL DEST. AFTER REFUELING AND COMPLETING OUR COCKPIT CHKS, WE BEGAN TO TAXI, BUT THEN WERE ADVISED BY GND CTL OF AN ATC DELAY. WE THEN STOPPED THE ACFT, SHUT DOWN, AND TURNED THE SEATBELT SIGN OFF. LATER, AFTER RECEIVING ATC CLRNC TO DEPART, WE STARTED BACK UP AND BEGAN TAXIING. AT NO TIME DID WE REREAD THE BEFORE START CHKLIST, AND AS A RESULT, THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS LEFT OFF UNTIL WE WERE ASKED ABOUT IT DURING OUR CLBOUT.
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.