While distracted by unassociated maintenance considerations during his preflight; the captain of an ...

Attributes
ACN	1037561
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Stall Warning System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

The first officer was not yet at airplane; so I accomplished the origination preflight. During the preflight; we were also dealing with several maintenance issues; including a broken vsi indicator and 2 of 4 brake wear indicators that were at or below the limits. During the stall warning test; I observed the aural warning and both push to inhibit switches illuminate; but with the distractions of the other issues; I didn't notice that the captain's white switch cover with the words 'stick shaker push to inhibit' printed on it was missing. It wasn't until after level off that I noticed the yellow cover showing [which should have been] behind the missing white cover. The switch still operated; just the cover was missing. I entered the discrepancy in the logbook and the switch was replaced at our destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While distracted by unassociated maintenance considerations during his preflight; the Captain of an MD-83 failed to notice a missing switch cover until at cruise.

Narrative: The First Officer was not yet at airplane; so I accomplished the origination preflight. During the preflight; we were also dealing with several maintenance issues; including a broken VSI indicator and 2 of 4 brake wear indicators that were at or below the limits. During the Stall Warning test; I observed the aural warning and both Push to Inhibit Switches illuminate; but with the distractions of the other issues; I didn't notice that the Captain's white switch cover with the words 'Stick Shaker Push to Inhibit' printed on it was missing. It wasn't until after level off that I noticed the yellow cover showing [which should have been] behind the missing white cover. The switch still operated; just the cover was missing. I entered the discrepancy in the logbook and the switch was replaced at our destination.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

While distracted by unassociated maintenance considerations during his preflight; the captain of an md-83 failed to notice a missing switch cover until at cruise.