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Dispatcher of air carrier was not notified of an aircraft equipment problem by maintenance who, without dispatcher approval or input, told the flight to return to land. Captain was unaware of the lack of dispatch input.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 395662 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju |
| State Reference | PR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sju |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 395662 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight bgi-sju experienced both rudder travel system faults #1 and #2 after departing sju. Flight returned to sju. During the debrief I was determined that the captain asked maintenance if the flight should return to sju. Instead of sju maintenance contacting dispatch for our input, sju maintenance told the flight to return to sju. This is a violation of operational control defined in far 121.535(C)(2), issuing necessary instructions and information for the safety of the flight. The captain stated that he thought that dispatch was aware of the situation and had instructed maintenance to advise the flight to return.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DISPATCHER OF ACR WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF AN ACFT EQUIP PROB BY MAINT WHO, WITHOUT DISPATCHER APPROVAL OR INPUT, TOLD THE FLT TO RETURN TO LAND. CAPT WAS UNAWARE OF THE LACK OF DISPATCH INPUT.
Narrative: FLT BGI-SJU EXPERIENCED BOTH RUDDER TRAVEL SYS FAULTS #1 AND #2 AFTER DEPARTING SJU. FLT RETURNED TO SJU. DURING THE DEBRIEF I WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAPT ASKED MAINT IF THE FLT SHOULD RETURN TO SJU. INSTEAD OF SJU MAINT CONTACTING DISPATCH FOR OUR INPUT, SJU MAINT TOLD THE FLT TO RETURN TO SJU. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF OPERATIONAL CTL DEFINED IN FAR 121.535(C)(2), ISSUING NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS AND INFO FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FLT. THE CAPT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT DISPATCH WAS AWARE OF THE SIT AND HAD INSTRUCTED MAINT TO ADVISE THE FLT TO RETURN.
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.