B727 crew has numerous problems in ord area blaming physical condition and inexperienced crew member...

Attributes
ACN	453180
Time
Date	199910
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time total : 1300
ASRS Report	453180
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On a scheduled flight from slc to ord several radio calls were either missed or misunderstood. What started the situation was the dropping of a frequency which was discovered due to a long silence that was noticed on the radio. Much concern was given to this situation as to how this could have happened, which at least partly contributed to the other missed calls. The captain mentioned at the beginning of the trip that he was not feeling well and had trouble sleeping the previous night. Subsequently, during the flight the first officer and myself also were not feeling well as the flight progressed. In addition, the autoplt was not working for the entire trip. After the dropped frequency, a hold was issued and mistakenly passed, a frequency was misheard, and the wrong runway localizer was turned onto. The situation seemed to compound itself in a very short time as frustration and concern built up. Another factor is that a brand new first officer was aboard. Combining a sick crew, that is fatigued, no autoplt, a new first officer, and an airline company that has no sick leave, is a recipe for problems. More attentiveness by myself to radio calls in the future could go a long way to avoid future problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW HAS NUMEROUS PROBS IN ORD AREA BLAMING PHYSICAL CONDITION AND INEXPERIENCED CREW MEMBER.

Narrative: ON A SCHEDULED FLT FROM SLC TO ORD SEVERAL RADIO CALLS WERE EITHER MISSED OR MISUNDERSTOOD. WHAT STARTED THE SIT WAS THE DROPPING OF A FREQ WHICH WAS DISCOVERED DUE TO A LONG SILENCE THAT WAS NOTICED ON THE RADIO. MUCH CONCERN WAS GIVEN TO THIS SIT AS TO HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED, WHICH AT LEAST PARTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OTHER MISSED CALLS. THE CAPT MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIP THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, DURING THE FLT THE FO AND MYSELF ALSO WERE NOT FEELING WELL AS THE FLT PROGRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOPLT WAS NOT WORKING FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. AFTER THE DROPPED FREQ, A HOLD WAS ISSUED AND MISTAKENLY PASSED, A FREQ WAS MISHEARD, AND THE WRONG RWY LOC WAS TURNED ONTO. THE SIT SEEMED TO COMPOUND ITSELF IN A VERY SHORT TIME AS FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN BUILT UP. ANOTHER FACTOR IS THAT A BRAND NEW FO WAS ABOARD. COMBINING A SICK CREW, THAT IS FATIGUED, NO AUTOPLT, A NEW FO, AND AN AIRLINE COMPANY THAT HAS NO SICK LEAVE, IS A RECIPE FOR PROBS. MORE ATTENTIVENESS BY MYSELF TO RADIO CALLS IN THE FUTURE COULD GO A LONG WAY TO AVOID FUTURE PROBS.

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.