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A B737-200 was dispatched with the incorrect seats having full recline installed in the overwing emergency exit area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405776 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 405776 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Seat pallet that should have been in #5 position was not there. Consequence is that seats could have blocked exit aisle in an emergency. Should have been a #5 seat pallet. Instead it was a #9 which had seats that could recline fully thus blocking exit aisle. Problem occurred because I allowed myself to be rushed and placed wrong seat pallet in place. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B737-200 combi which has passenger seating mounted on pallets to allow a quick change from all cargo confign to passenger confign. The reporter said a change was being made from cargo confign to passenger and the reporter misread the job card and positioned the wrong pallet at the emergency overwing exit. The reporter stated the pallet had seats that fully reclined which would block the emergency overwing exit. The reporter said the engineering order stated this pallet would not lock in this position to prevent any blocking of the overwing exit but this order was in error as the pallets did lock. The reporter stated the FAA has made no contact. The reporter said the engineering order is in the process of being changed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-200 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE INCORRECT SEATS HAVING FULL RECLINE INSTALLED IN THE OVERWING EMER EXIT AREA.
Narrative: SEAT PALLET THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN #5 POS WAS NOT THERE. CONSEQUENCE IS THAT SEATS COULD HAVE BLOCKED EXIT AISLE IN AN EMER. SHOULD HAVE BEEN A #5 SEAT PALLET. INSTEAD IT WAS A #9 WHICH HAD SEATS THAT COULD RECLINE FULLY THUS BLOCKING EXIT AISLE. PROB OCCURRED BECAUSE I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE RUSHED AND PLACED WRONG SEAT PALLET IN PLACE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B737-200 COMBI WHICH HAS PAX SEATING MOUNTED ON PALLETS TO ALLOW A QUICK CHANGE FROM ALL CARGO CONFIGN TO PAX CONFIGN. THE RPTR SAID A CHANGE WAS BEING MADE FROM CARGO CONFIGN TO PAX AND THE RPTR MISREAD THE JOB CARD AND POSITIONED THE WRONG PALLET AT THE EMER OVERWING EXIT. THE RPTR STATED THE PALLET HAD SEATS THAT FULLY RECLINED WHICH WOULD BLOCK THE EMER OVERWING EXIT. THE RPTR SAID THE ENGINEERING ORDER STATED THIS PALLET WOULD NOT LOCK IN THIS POS TO PREVENT ANY BLOCKING OF THE OVERWING EXIT BUT THIS ORDER WAS IN ERROR AS THE PALLETS DID LOCK. THE RPTR STATED THE FAA HAS MADE NO CONTACT. THE RPTR SAID THE ENGINEERING ORDER IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CHANGED.
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.