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A company dispatcher reports intercepting an ACARS transmission from company customer service to a B757-200; requesting the pilot in command (PIC) cycle a circuit breaker. Dispatcher advised flight crew to not cycle any circuit breakers without guidance from maintenance control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 864801 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Circuit Breaker / Fuse / Thermocouple |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Experience | Dispatch Dispatch 12 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Dispatcher intercepted an ACARS transmission from customer service (cs) to company B757-200. Message was a request from maintenance; relayed by cs; requesting pilot in command (PIC) of B757 to cycle circuit breaker (C/B). I advised PIC of the B757 not to cycle any circuit breakers without guidance from company maintenance control. To my knowledge no circuit breakers were cycled. Flight continued without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Company Dispatcher reports intercepting an ACARS transmission from company Customer Service to a B757-200; requesting the Pilot in Command (PIC) cycle a Circuit Breaker. Dispatcher advised Flight Crew to not cycle any circuit breakers without guidance from Maintenance Control.
Narrative: Dispatcher intercepted an ACARS transmission from Customer Service (CS) to company B757-200. Message was a request from Maintenance; relayed by CS; requesting Pilot in Command (PIC) of B757 to cycle circuit breaker (C/B). I advised PIC of the B757 not to cycle any circuit breakers without guidance from company Maintenance Control. To my knowledge no circuit breakers were cycled. Flight continued without incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.