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Flight crew preflted aircraft and flew scheduled flight with open items in logbook. Not signed off by maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 175613 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199104 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : avl |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sel |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 175613 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | observation : air carrier inspector |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
An incoming flight arrived in avl (ashville, nc). My first officer and myself were to preflight the aircraft and take it to bna (nashville, tn). The plane had several discrepancies written up in flight to avl by an FAA inspector. They were all minor discrepancies (screws loose, gasket loose, etc). The captain for the incoming flight was copying the discrepancies from the FAA inspectors notes into the maintenance log. He told me not to worry about getting a maintenance release because they were all minor (non-grounding) discrepancies. He said 'I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.' his description of what the inspector had done was such that the inspector didn't expect anything to be done to the plane until it got into bna. Upon arriving in bna, we called maintenance to fix the discrepancies and that's when I found out that I should not have left avl with these 'open write-ups'. Compounding the decision to leave avl with the open write-ups was the rush required to get the plane fueled, preflted, and loaded by our scheduled departure time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW PREFLTED ACFT AND FLEW SCHEDULED FLT WITH OPEN ITEMS IN LOGBOOK. NOT SIGNED OFF BY MAINTENANCE.
Narrative: AN INCOMING FLT ARRIVED IN AVL (ASHVILLE, NC). MY F/O AND MYSELF WERE TO PREFLT THE ACFT AND TAKE IT TO BNA (NASHVILLE, TN). THE PLANE HAD SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES WRITTEN UP IN FLT TO AVL BY AN FAA INSPECTOR. THEY WERE ALL MINOR DISCREPANCIES (SCREWS LOOSE, GASKET LOOSE, ETC). THE CAPT FOR THE INCOMING FLT WAS COPYING THE DISCREPANCIES FROM THE FAA INSPECTORS NOTES INTO THE MAINT LOG. HE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING A MAINT RELEASE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL MINOR (NON-GNDING) DISCREPANCIES. HE SAID 'I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT IF I WERE YOU.' HIS DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE INSPECTOR HAD DONE WAS SUCH THAT THE INSPECTOR DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING TO BE DONE TO THE PLANE UNTIL IT GOT INTO BNA. UPON ARRIVING IN BNA, WE CALLED MAINT TO FIX THE DISCREPANCIES AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT AVL WITH THESE 'OPEN WRITE-UPS'. COMPOUNDING THE DECISION TO LEAVE AVL WITH THE OPEN WRITE-UPS WAS THE RUSH REQUIRED TO GET THE PLANE FUELED, PREFLTED, AND LOADED BY OUR SCHEDULED DEP TIME.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.