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Upon departure on board MD80S, 2 passenger seat backs discovered inoperative on a full flight resulting in divert for maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 403760 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bna |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bna tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 403760 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
About 15 mins after departure, a call light went off. I went to see what the problem was. 2 seat backs were broken, not just the reclining action, but the actual metal bar that holds the seat up and together. I notified the cockpit. The first officer came back to look at the situation. We had minimal tools and tried to fix the seats, however, the metal support was completely broken. It was a full flight so we had no other seats to offer these passenger. The captain decided to land in tul. The passenger whose seats were broken, sat in flight attendant #3's and flight attendant #5's jump seat, and I, being the extra flight attendant #3, sat in cockpit jump seat for landing in tul. Once in tul the seats were fixed and the aircraft was looked over, we continued on to lax.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UPON DEP ON BOARD MD80S, 2 PAX SEAT BACKS DISCOVERED INOP ON A FULL FLT RESULTING IN DIVERT FOR MAINT.
Narrative: ABOUT 15 MINS AFTER DEP, A CALL LIGHT WENT OFF. I WENT TO SEE WHAT THE PROB WAS. 2 SEAT BACKS WERE BROKEN, NOT JUST THE RECLINING ACTION, BUT THE ACTUAL METAL BAR THAT HOLDS THE SEAT UP AND TOGETHER. I NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT. THE FO CAME BACK TO LOOK AT THE SIT. WE HAD MINIMAL TOOLS AND TRIED TO FIX THE SEATS, HOWEVER, THE METAL SUPPORT WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN. IT WAS A FULL FLT SO WE HAD NO OTHER SEATS TO OFFER THESE PAX. THE CAPT DECIDED TO LAND IN TUL. THE PAX WHOSE SEATS WERE BROKEN, SAT IN FLT ATTENDANT #3'S AND FLT ATTENDANT #5'S JUMP SEAT, AND I, BEING THE EXTRA FLT ATTENDANT #3, SAT IN COCKPIT JUMP SEAT FOR LNDG IN TUL. ONCE IN TUL THE SEATS WERE FIXED AND THE ACFT WAS LOOKED OVER, WE CONTINUED ON TO LAX.
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.