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Captain of B767-300ER induces PA failure by pulling circuit breaker to silence audible tone while passenger sleeping enroute.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 734879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : egkk.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : egkk.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 734879 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
During the early morning hours of the all night flight to egkk it became necessary to illuminate the seat belt lights. I asked the first officer to pull the circuit breaker for the PA system so the loud 'ding' wouldn't wake the passenger. I didn't tell him to push the circuit breaker back in after the seat belt lights were illuminated. And; he didn't remember to put it in. Later; during the early morning approach; we did not have an operative PA until taxi in; when the flight attendants realized that PA's were not getting transmitted to the passenger. I will never pull that breaker again. It is going too far for passenger comfort.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPTAIN OF B767-300ER INDUCES PA FAILURE BY PULLING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO SILENCE AUDIBLE TONE WHILE PAX SLEEPING ENROUTE.
Narrative: DURING THE EARLY MORNING HRS OF THE ALL NIGHT FLT TO EGKK IT BECAME NECESSARY TO ILLUMINATE THE SEAT BELT LIGHTS. I ASKED THE FO TO PULL THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE PA SYS SO THE LOUD 'DING' WOULDN'T WAKE THE PAX. I DIDN'T TELL HIM TO PUSH THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BACK IN AFTER THE SEAT BELT LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. AND; HE DIDN'T REMEMBER TO PUT IT IN. LATER; DURING THE EARLY MORNING APCH; WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPERATIVE PA UNTIL TAXI IN; WHEN THE FLT ATTENDANTS REALIZED THAT PA'S WERE NOT GETTING XMITTED TO THE PAX. I WILL NEVER PULL THAT BREAKER AGAIN. IT IS GOING TOO FAR FOR PAX COMFORT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.