A maintenance manager reports an aircraft maintenance technician (amt) discovered a large 12-18 inch...

Attributes
ACN	1256239
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	HS 125 Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

April 2015; a hawker arrived in ZZZ for a scheduled inspection. Two days later; early a.M.; a technician was opening cockpit floor boards for the inspection. When he opened the co-pilots floorboard he discovered a large 12-18 inch [long] screw driver underneath the rudder pedals and linkage. I was notified four days later of the event. The hawker quality assurance (Q/a) manager has contacted the air carrier Q/a department and [was] instructed to send the screwdriver to ZZZ1. Not sure where the aircraft was prior to coming to ZZZ1 but we need to find out. This could have easily ended up as a catastrophic event with the loss of life. This should have been seen by whomever was giving the ok to close the panels.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Maintenance Manager reports an Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) discovered a large 12-18 inch screwdriver underneath the co-pilot's rudder pedals and linkage while opening up cockpit floorboards for inspection on a Hawker-Siddeley HS 125-900 aircraft.

Narrative: April 2015; A Hawker arrived in ZZZ for a scheduled inspection. Two days later; early A.M.; a Technician was opening cockpit floor boards for the inspection. When he opened the co-pilots floorboard he discovered a large 12-18 inch [long] screw driver underneath the rudder pedals and linkage. I was notified four days later of the event. The Hawker Quality Assurance (Q/A) Manager has contacted the Air Carrier Q/A department and [was] instructed to send the screwdriver to ZZZ1. Not sure where the aircraft was prior to coming to ZZZ1 but we need to find out. This could have easily ended up as a catastrophic event with the loss of life. This should have been seen by whomever was giving the OK to close the panels.

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A maintenance manager reports an aircraft maintenance technician (amt) discovered a large 12-18 inch screwdriver underneath the co-pilot's rudder pedals and linkage while opening up cockpit floorboards for inspection on a hawker-siddeley hs 125-900 aircraft.