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A B737 air crew discovered paper shoved in the safety relief valve/static port hole. It was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into a new livery. The aircraft had flown following airworthiness checks by maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1240992 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDX.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pitot/Static Ice System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 152 Flight Crew Type 152 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During the originating preflight; the first officer noticed brown paper shoved in the safety relief valve / static port hole. He removed the paper and the rest of the preflight was normal with no discrepancies noted.investigating the paper it was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into our new livery. The paper was partially covered in the new color.the logbook history did not reveal when the painting occurred; it went back to (date). During this time the logbook showed X airworthiness checks by maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 air crew discovered paper shoved in the safety relief valve/static port hole. It was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into a new livery. The aircraft had flown following airworthiness checks by Maintenance.
Narrative: During the originating preflight; the First Officer noticed brown paper shoved in the safety relief valve / static port hole. He removed the paper and the rest of the preflight was normal with no discrepancies noted.Investigating the paper it was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into our new livery. The paper was partially covered in the new color.The logbook history did not reveal when the painting occurred; it went back to (date). During this time the logbook showed X airworthiness checks by Maintenance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.