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B727 flight crew on a repos ferry flight found that the company operations manual not aboard when they had a generator failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500860 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz.artcc |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 500860 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : elec amp ind, gen light ind other flight crewa |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On feb/xa/01 while on departure of a repos ferry flight, our crew had the #1 generator fail. The captain was flying and handed control of aircraft to me (first officer). At that time it was discovered that our company operating manual was not on board. The captain contacted dispatch via radio and worked the procedure. We were told to continue on to destination and remain in radio contact if needed further assistance. At destination airport, the captain contacted the director of operations who approved us to continue on without the company operating manual as long as we could stay within radio contact (through commercial radio) with the company, should an event occur that we needed to run a procedure from the company operating manual. After reviewing our route, it was determined we would be within an area that radio contact could be established and maintained with our company if needed. We continued the flight uneventfully and returned to a base where the company operating manual could be replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC ON A REPOS FERRY FLT FOUND THAT THE COMPANY OPS MANUAL NOT ABOARD WHEN THEY HAD A GENERATOR FAILURE.
Narrative: ON FEB/XA/01 WHILE ON DEP OF A REPOS FERRY FLT, OUR CREW HAD THE #1 GENERATOR FAIL. THE CAPT WAS FLYING AND HANDED CTL OF ACFT TO ME (FO). AT THAT TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OUR COMPANY OPERATING MANUAL WAS NOT ON BOARD. THE CAPT CONTACTED DISPATCH VIA RADIO AND WORKED THE PROC. WE WERE TOLD TO CONTINUE ON TO DEST AND REMAIN IN RADIO CONTACT IF NEEDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE. AT DEST ARPT, THE CAPT CONTACTED THE DIRECTOR OF OPS WHO APPROVED US TO CONTINUE ON WITHOUT THE COMPANY OPERATING MANUAL AS LONG AS WE COULD STAY WITHIN RADIO CONTACT (THROUGH COMMERCIAL RADIO) WITH THE COMPANY, SHOULD AN EVENT OCCUR THAT WE NEEDED TO RUN A PROC FROM THE COMPANY OPERATING MANUAL. AFTER REVIEWING OUR RTE, IT WAS DETERMINED WE WOULD BE WITHIN AN AREA THAT RADIO CONTACT COULD BE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED WITH OUR COMPANY IF NEEDED. WE CONTINUED THE FLT UNEVENTFULLY AND RETURNED TO A BASE WHERE THE COMPANY OPERATING MANUAL COULD BE REPLACED.
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.