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A320 captain refused aircraft with deferral for nosewheel steering not available to captain using rudder pedals.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 749351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 749351 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Refused aircraft for a deferral that I do not believe should be allowed. Write-up said that captain's nosewheel steering could not be controled by rudder pedals. Operations placard said that first officer must make all takeoffs and lndgs. I was conducting oe with an unqualified first officer; so I refused the aircraft. However; I do not believe this deferral should be allowed even for a fully qualified crew. In the event of a high speed abort the captain would take control of the aircraft in accordance with our SOP; and he would have no way to steer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 CAPT REFUSED ACFT WITH DEFERRAL FOR NOSEWHEEL STEERING NOT AVAILABLE TO CAPT USING RUDDER PEDALS.
Narrative: REFUSED ACFT FOR A DEFERRAL THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED. WRITE-UP SAID THAT CAPT'S NOSEWHEEL STEERING COULD NOT BE CTLED BY RUDDER PEDALS. OPS PLACARD SAID THAT FO MUST MAKE ALL TKOFS AND LNDGS. I WAS CONDUCTING OE WITH AN UNQUALIFIED FO; SO I REFUSED THE ACFT. HOWEVER; I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS DEFERRAL SHOULD BE ALLOWED EVEN FOR A FULLY QUALIFIED CREW. IN THE EVENT OF A HIGH SPD ABORT THE CAPT WOULD TAKE CTL OF THE ACFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR SOP; AND HE WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO STEER.
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.