1993-03 · NASA ASRS report 236482
MLG DEPARTED WITH NO VISUAL CHK OF WING CONTAMINATION.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF EVENTS. ACFT WAS DEICED TWICE AT GATE AREA. ACFT TAXIED TO TKOF RWY. CAPT WAS ADVISED OF NEED TO PERFORM PRE TKOF CONTAMINATION CHK OF WINGS. WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT; OR IF I SHOULD DO IT; HE SIMPLY SAID NO. BECAUSE TAXI OPS WERE DIFFICULT DUE TO WX CONDITIONS; WE WERE AT RWY END AND TAXIED INTO POS AND HOLD. THIS IS THE POINT I INTERVENED AND ASKED WHO WOULD DO THE TKOF CONTAMINATION CHK. VERY SHORTLY AFTER HIS ANSWER NO! WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. I ADVISED HE SHOULD 'STOP; AT THE LEAST HE WOULD GET A VIOLATION FOR THIS.' HE ADVANCED THE PWR; AND I RUSHED TO PERFORM THE REST OF WHAT I COULD OF OUR TKOF CHKLIST ITEMS. AFTER TKOF AND STERILE OPS; I ADVISED I WAS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE TKOF. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY SOMETIMES. I REFUSED TO FLY WITH HIM ANY MORE AND REMOVED MYSELF FROM THE REST OF SCHEDULED FLYING AND RPTED THIS INCIDENT TO COMPANY MGMNT IMMEDIATELY. I FEEL I DID EVERYTHING I COULD; SHORT OF ASSUMING COMMAND; TO DETER THIS TKOF. I THINK ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION TO COPLTS CONCERNING WHEN THEY SHOULD TAKE ACFT CTLS ARE NEEDED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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