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Commuter light transport departed on a scheduled flight with open maintenance items in the aircraft log.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 176637 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199104 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : avl airport : bna |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : jfk |
| 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 2240 flight time type : 440 |
| ASRS Report | 176637 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Inbound flight (with different crew) had FAA inspector on board. Inspector wrote several items up on inbound aircraft, including some screws which were loose on leading edge of wing. Inbound crew stated the FAA inspector admitted the items were 'minor in nature,' but said he would follow up on his write-ups. The inbound captain wrote the items up in the maintenance log. My captain started to call maintenance control at home office, but did not. After arriving at next stop (bna), maintenance control advised captain that he should have called to get authority/authorized to depart with open write-ups in maintenance log. The only problem was departing avl with open write-ups in maintenance log. As for loose screws, etc, I could not find anything wrong with said aircraft on my preflight. To prevent recurrence, a phone call to maintenance to get released with open write-ups or maintenance authority/authorized to continue the flight would keep things legal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER LTT DEPARTED ON A SCHEDULED FLT WITH OPEN MAINT ITEMS IN THE ACFT LOG.
Narrative: INBND FLT (WITH DIFFERENT CREW) HAD FAA INSPECTOR ON BOARD. INSPECTOR WROTE SEVERAL ITEMS UP ON INBND ACFT, INCLUDING SOME SCREWS WHICH WERE LOOSE ON LEADING EDGE OF WING. INBND CREW STATED THE FAA INSPECTOR ADMITTED THE ITEMS WERE 'MINOR IN NATURE,' BUT SAID HE WOULD FOLLOW UP ON HIS WRITE-UPS. THE INBND CAPT WROTE THE ITEMS UP IN THE MAINT LOG. MY CAPT STARTED TO CALL MAINT CTL AT HOME OFFICE, BUT DID NOT. AFTER ARRIVING AT NEXT STOP (BNA), MAINT CTL ADVISED CAPT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED TO GET AUTH TO DEPART WITH OPEN WRITE-UPS IN MAINT LOG. THE ONLY PROB WAS DEPARTING AVL WITH OPEN WRITE-UPS IN MAINT LOG. AS FOR LOOSE SCREWS, ETC, I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH SAID ACFT ON MY PREFLT. TO PREVENT RECURRENCE, A PHONE CALL TO MAINT TO GET RELEASED WITH OPEN WRITE-UPS OR MAINT AUTH TO CONTINUE THE FLT WOULD KEEP THINGS LEGAL.
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.