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Emergency traffic B757-200 PIC is bothered by approach controller's questions as to fuel onboard, etc, when returning to land with a trailing edge flap disagree light on west of atl, GA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483084 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 483084 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : atl.tracon |
Narrative:
Departure, atlanta. After flaps up and doing after takeoff checklist, master caution trailing edge flap disagree light came on. Asked departure control for delay vectors to handle abnormal situation. Then declared emergency and went through the abnormal trailing edge flap disagree procedure. Then briefed passenger, flight attendant, company and requested runway 27R because this was atlanta's longest runway. Made a flap 20 degrees vref 20 landing as the procedures called for. One thing that was annoying and distracting during the high workload period of running abnormal checklist, descent and approach checklist and pre-landing, briefing passenger, flight attendant and company, was ATC request for passenger number, time remaining, fuel onboard, then the number of babies aboard. We had no clue how many passenger were babies.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMER TFC B757-200 PIC IS BOTHERED BY APCH CTLR'S QUESTIONS AS TO FUEL ONBOARD, ETC, WHEN RETURNING TO LAND WITH A TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE LIGHT ON W OF ATL, GA.
Narrative: DEP, ATLANTA. AFTER FLAPS UP AND DOING AFTER TKOF CHKLIST, MASTER CAUTION TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE LIGHT CAME ON. ASKED DEP CTL FOR DELAY VECTORS TO HANDLE ABNORMAL SIT. THEN DECLARED EMER AND WENT THROUGH THE ABNORMAL TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE PROC. THEN BRIEFED PAX, FLT ATTENDANT, COMPANY AND REQUESTED RWY 27R BECAUSE THIS WAS ATLANTA'S LONGEST RWY. MADE A FLAP 20 DEGS VREF 20 LNDG AS THE PROCS CALLED FOR. ONE THING THAT WAS ANNOYING AND DISTRACTING DURING THE HIGH WORKLOAD PERIOD OF RUNNING ABNORMAL CHKLIST, DSCNT AND APCH CHKLIST AND PRE-LNDG, BRIEFING PAX, FLT ATTENDANT AND COMPANY, WAS ATC REQUEST FOR PAX NUMBER, TIME REMAINING, FUEL ONBOARD, THEN THE NUMBER OF BABIES ABOARD. WE HAD NO CLUE HOW MANY PAX WERE BABIES.
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.