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PNF overloaded on departure from las, nv, on oveto-3 departure by company check airman who was the PF with an FAA air carrier inspector onboard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 463042 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las.airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : l30.tracon tower : las.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | departure sid : oueto.3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 463042 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : company check pilot oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Oveto departure. A long brief on how departure would be flown by check airman in right seat. FAA inspector in observer's seat. Immediately after takeoff, departure vectors, change of both vors, frequencys, caused PNF to be completely overloaded, doing PNF duties acting as autoplt for PF. Expressed dissatisfaction with overload. Comment from another crew member: 'I can tell you one thing, no one was looking outside.' use of autoplt to relieve PNF of overload essential.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PNF OVERLOADED ON DEP FROM LAS, NV, ON OVETO-3 DEP BY COMPANY CHK AIRMAN WHO WAS THE PF WITH AN FAA ACR INSPECTOR ONBOARD.
Narrative: OVETO DEP. A LONG BRIEF ON HOW DEP WOULD BE FLOWN BY CHK AIRMAN IN R SEAT. FAA INSPECTOR IN OBSERVER'S SEAT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF, DEP VECTORS, CHANGE OF BOTH VORS, FREQS, CAUSED PNF TO BE COMPLETELY OVERLOADED, DOING PNF DUTIES ACTING AS AUTOPLT FOR PF. EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION WITH OVERLOAD. COMMENT FROM ANOTHER CREW MEMBER: 'I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, NO ONE WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE.' USE OF AUTOPLT TO RELIEVE PNF OF OVERLOAD ESSENTIAL.
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.