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Captain of an mdt turboprop burned the APU starter circuitry when he attempted to start the APU which was already meled. The reporting first officer failed to remind the captain of the APU status. The company took disciplinary action against the flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390281 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abe |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 390281 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain notified me (first officer) that he was starting the APU which was meled inoperative. Against better judgement, I did not dispute him. Subsequently burned some circuitry in the APU starter system and company has taken disciplinary action.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MDT TURBOPROP BURNED THE APU STARTER CIRCUITRY WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE APU WHICH WAS ALREADY MELED. THE RPTING FO FAILED TO REMIND THE CAPT OF THE APU STATUS. THE COMPANY TOOK DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THE FLC.
Narrative: CAPT NOTIFIED ME (FO) THAT HE WAS STARTING THE APU WHICH WAS MELED INOP. AGAINST BETTER JUDGEMENT, I DID NOT DISPUTE HIM. SUBSEQUENTLY BURNED SOME CIRCUITRY IN THE APU STARTER SYS AND COMPANY HAS TAKEN DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
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.