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Emb-175 pilot reported that aircraft was not downgraded correctly after ground damage to the rvsm area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1694992 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuselage Skin |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Aircraft was hit by a runaway baggage cart and ferried to ZZZ1. The special flight permit was written to operate unpressurized and in non rvsm airspace but the aircraft was never downgraded to non-rvsm.gmm X.xx.X under the maintenance control department; note: if discrepancy prevents CAT ii or rvsm operation; apply the applicable [autoland minimum] and/or rvsm mels.I talked to the mechanics who returned from the road trip about why the aircraft wasn't downgraded to non-rvsm and they told me maintenance control didn't say anything about that.just to be clear; the aircraft did not operate in rvsm airspace; it was just never downgraded to non-rvsm. The mels should have been issued by maintenance control and told the mechanics to enter it in the log book and downgrade the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-175 pilot reported that aircraft was not downgraded correctly after ground damage to the RVSM area.
Narrative: Aircraft was hit by a runaway baggage cart and ferried to ZZZ1. The special flight permit was written to operate unpressurized and in non RVSM airspace but the aircraft was never downgraded to NON-RVSM.GMM X.XX.X under the Maintenance Control department; Note: If discrepancy prevents CAT II or RVSM operation; apply the applicable [autoland minimum] and/or RVSM MELs.I talked to the mechanics who returned from the road trip about why the aircraft wasn't downgraded to NON-RVSM and they told me Maintenance Control didn't say anything about that.Just to be clear; the aircraft did not operate in RVSM airspace; it was just never downgraded to NON-RVSM. The MELs should have been issued by Maintenance Control and told the mechanics to enter it in the log book and downgrade the aircraft.
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.