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Reporter says might have missed a hold in the exhaust pipe of an small transport during an annual inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 131115 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sik |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 131115 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During annual inspection, may have missed hole in exhaust pipe due to clamp covering hole. Owner pressuring maintenance personnel may have contributed to hurrying up inspection to get aircraft ready for flight. Hole does not appear to have an immediate effect on flight safety because of location near end of pipe, out of engine compartment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REPORTER SAYS MIGHT HAVE MISSED A HOLD IN THE EXHAUST PIPE OF AN SMT DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Narrative: DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, MAY HAVE MISSED HOLE IN EXHAUST PIPE DUE TO CLAMP COVERING HOLE. OWNER PRESSURING MAINT PERSONNEL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HURRYING UP INSPECTION TO GET ACFT READY FOR FLT. HOLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON FLT SAFETY BECAUSE OF LOCATION NEAR END OF PIPE, OUT OF ENG COMPARTMENT.
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.