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Pilot elects to depart with known cabin discrepancies that included a possible cabin door leak. The problems were presented by the cabin crew at departure time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 509320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 509320 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
As the agent was closing the door and removing the jet bridge, the #2 flight attendant handed the captain a list of write-ups from the inbound leg. We told her that the inbound captain should have been informed of her list and that she should have told us earlier if there was a problem with the airplane. She said that she did not want to be delayed and she did not think ord maintenance would fix any of the items. One of the write-ups was a squeal in the aft bulkhead door near her jump seat. We asked her how bad of a squeal was it and she said -- not very bad. The captain decided to go on to dfw and let the flight attendant tell us if it squealed on the way to destination. He wrote it up at destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT ELECTS TO DEPART WITH KNOWN CABIN DISCREPANCIES THAT INCLUDED A POSSIBLE CABIN DOOR LEAK. THE PROBS WERE PRESENTED BY THE CABIN CREW AT DEP TIME.
Narrative: AS THE AGENT WAS CLOSING THE DOOR AND REMOVING THE JET BRIDGE, THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT HANDED THE CAPT A LIST OF WRITE-UPS FROM THE INBOUND LEG. WE TOLD HER THAT THE INBOUND CAPT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF HER LIST AND THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE TOLD US EARLIER IF THERE WAS A PROB WITH THE AIRPLANE. SHE SAID THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE DELAYED AND SHE DID NOT THINK ORD MAINT WOULD FIX ANY OF THE ITEMS. ONE OF THE WRITE-UPS WAS A SQUEAL IN THE AFT BULKHEAD DOOR NEAR HER JUMP SEAT. WE ASKED HER HOW BAD OF A SQUEAL WAS IT AND SHE SAID -- NOT VERY BAD. THE CAPT DECIDED TO GO ON TO DFW AND LET THE FLT ATTENDANT TELL US IF IT SQUEALED ON THE WAY TO DEST. HE WROTE IT UP AT DEST.
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.