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An EMB140 cockpit was left energized during a turn around with the shades up and it became too hot for the incoming crew to complete their preflight without cooling breaks; which interrupted cockpit preflight flow and caused a FMS programming error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 951379 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 140 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
When we arrived at the aircraft; the cockpit door was locked. The aircraft had been at the gate over an hour. When I opened the cockpit door the aircraft was powered and the temperature was extreme. I called operations to have the ramp personnel connect the outside air. I was advised they could not due to wind advisories. The cockpit temperature was 43 [degrees] C. The APU was deferred; so I put the window shades up and went out to see if I could locate a ramper to start the number two engine. I could not; so I tried to start my duties and got out of the cockpit several times to cool off. I was sweating excessively. En route; after ATC questioned if we were proceeding direct ZZZ and we advised we were. ATC advised ok. I then questioned why they would ask; so we looked back at our clearance and realized we should not be going direct. We questioned ATC and they seemed to have no issue and gave us direct ZZZ. We continued uneventfully. After arriving at ZZZ the first officer and I reviewed the events and remembered that during our FMS review at the gate we had covered the departure when ramp personnel arrived so we quickly then went to start the number two engine as it was still extremely hot. I then allowed us to move forward without finishing our FMS review. I was not focused on my cockpit duties as much as I should have been. Looking back I allowed myself to get frustrated over the situation. I tried to multitask too much by interrupting my flows to step out of the cockpit to cool off while trying to locate rampers to start an engine. I was frustrated that the previous crew had not shut the plane down and installed the shades. I do not know why I let this situation get to me but I did. I also may have created an environment that did not let my first officer catch our mistake because of my frustration. I usually do not let things bother me but this time I did and I see the chain that was created. I should have checked the FMS again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An EMB140 cockpit was left energized during a turn around with the shades up and it became too hot for the incoming crew to complete their preflight without cooling breaks; which interrupted cockpit preflight flow and caused a FMS programming error.
Narrative: When we arrived at the aircraft; the cockpit door was locked. The aircraft had been at the gate over an hour. When I opened the cockpit door the aircraft was powered and the temperature was extreme. I called Operations to have the ramp personnel connect the outside air. I was advised they could not due to wind advisories. The cockpit temperature was 43 [degrees] C. The APU was deferred; so I put the window shades up and went out to see if I could locate a Ramper to start the number two engine. I could not; so I tried to start my duties and got out of the cockpit several times to cool off. I was sweating excessively. En route; after ATC questioned if we were proceeding direct ZZZ and we advised we were. ATC advised ok. I then questioned why they would ask; so we looked back at our clearance and realized we should not be going direct. We questioned ATC and they seemed to have no issue and gave us direct ZZZ. We continued uneventfully. After arriving at ZZZ the First Officer and I reviewed the events and remembered that during our FMS review at the gate we had covered the departure when ramp personnel arrived so we quickly then went to start the number two engine as it was still extremely hot. I then allowed us to move forward without finishing our FMS review. I was not focused on my cockpit duties as much as I should have been. Looking back I allowed myself to get frustrated over the situation. I tried to multitask too much by interrupting my flows to step out of the cockpit to cool off while trying to locate rampers to start an engine. I was frustrated that the previous crew had not shut the plane down and installed the shades. I do not know why I let this situation get to me but I did. I also may have created an environment that did not let my First Officer catch our mistake because of my frustration. I usually do not let things bother me but this time I did and I see the chain that was created. I should have checked the FMS again.
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.