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Maintenance signed off log book after a possible lightning strike inspection, but did not complete airworthiness signoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 104222 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198902 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : san |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 104222 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 104368 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Possible lightning strike. Contract maintenance was notified and an inspection was accomplished in accordance with maintenance manual. No damage was found. Log book entry was made and signed off by contract maintenance, but no air worthiness release was signed. The following day it was discovered that possibly an air worthiness release was required. If this is in fact true, then company operations manual should so state. Supplemental information from acn 104368: we have suggested that the operations manual be more specific in stating what has to have an airworthiness inspection so we don't have to rely on some maintenance supervisor's interpretation of the maintenance manual itself.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MAINTENANCE SIGNED OFF LOG BOOK AFTER A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION, BUT DID NOT COMPLETE AIRWORTHINESS SIGNOFF.
Narrative: POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE. CONTRACT MAINT WAS NOTIFIED AND AN INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINT MANUAL. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. LOG BOOK ENTRY WAS MADE AND SIGNED OFF BY CONTRACT MAINT, BUT NO AIR WORTHINESS RELEASE WAS SIGNED. THE FOLLOWING DAY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT POSSIBLY AN AIR WORTHINESS RELEASE WAS REQUIRED. IF THIS IS IN FACT TRUE, THEN COMPANY OPS MANUAL SHOULD SO STATE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 104368: WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE OPS MANUAL BE MORE SPECIFIC IN STATING WHAT HAS TO HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON SOME MAINT SUPVR'S INTERP OF THE MAINT MANUAL ITSELF.
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.