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A B733 captain, in failing to understand a bulletin explaining cockpit door operation, assumed new door was activated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 558549 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200208 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : oak.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 558549 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Confused on the operation of new cockpit door. Thought doors were activated since there was no inoperative placards on the aircraft. Failed to understand bulletin.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B733 CAPT, IN FAILING TO UNDERSTAND A BULLETIN EXPLAINING COCKPIT DOOR OP, ASSUMED NEW DOOR WAS ACTIVATED.
Narrative: CONFUSED ON THE OP OF NEW COCKPIT DOOR. THOUGHT DOORS WERE ACTIVATED SINCE THERE WAS NO INOP PLACARDS ON THE ACFT. FAILED TO UNDERSTAND BULLETIN.
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.