Air carrier small transport flown with parts missing from horizontal stabilizer.

Attributes
ACN	103351
Time
Date	198901
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 292 flight time total : 11398 flight time type : 1288
ASRS Report	103395
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

After we flew 3 legs, we were advised by another crew member that the horizontal plastic tip in the stabilizer was missing. An 'a' inspection was done by maintenance the night before and signed off. A C-2 inspection was done the day before and signed off. When we first got the aircraft I preflted the cockpit and the cabin, and the copilot preflted the outside. Before boarding the passenger for the first flight, I asked the first officer and he assured me that the oil level was checked and oil caps secured, that the hydraulic fluid was also checked, and that he did not find anything wrong during his outside preflight. I grounded the the aircraft in an out station and after replacement parts were installed we flew back to our home base.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR SMT FLOWN WITH PARTS MISSING FROM HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

Narrative: AFTER WE FLEW 3 LEGS, WE WERE ADVISED BY ANOTHER CREW MEMBER THAT THE HORIZ PLASTIC TIP IN THE STABILIZER WAS MISSING. AN 'A' INSPECTION WAS DONE BY MAINT THE NIGHT BEFORE AND SIGNED OFF. A C-2 INSPECTION WAS DONE THE DAY BEFORE AND SIGNED OFF. WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE ACFT I PREFLTED THE COCKPIT AND THE CABIN, AND THE COPLT PREFLTED THE OUTSIDE. BEFORE BOARDING THE PAX FOR THE FIRST FLT, I ASKED THE F/O AND HE ASSURED ME THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS CHKED AND OIL CAPS SECURED, THAT THE HYD FLUID WAS ALSO CHKED, AND THAT HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG DURING HIS OUTSIDE PREFLT. I GNDED THE THE ACFT IN AN OUT STATION AND AFTER REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE INSTALLED WE FLEW BACK TO OUR HOME BASE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.