Air carrier flew with maintenance not complete.

Attributes
ACN	194485
Time
Date	199111
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pbi
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	194485
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 other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Arrived at pbi and while waiting to depart pbi in same aircraft a 'ground personnel' advised the cockpit crew there was a hole in the baggage compartment. He informed us they had in the past just taped the hole, but now it was required to have sheet metal to repair it. He told us maintenance was on the way. About 20 mins later the same person told us we were fixed and ready to go. We departed and flew to rdu. A week later, the captain told me he had been called by the chief pilot and told we had flown the airplane from pbi to rdu with a hole in the baggage compartment. It seems the mechanic came to the airplane, began work, and was then called away. Someone assumed the mechanic was done and passed the word to us the work was complete.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLEW WITH MAINT NOT COMPLETE.

Narrative: ARRIVED AT PBI AND WHILE WAITING TO DEPART PBI IN SAME ACFT A 'GND PERSONNEL' ADVISED THE COCKPIT CREW THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. HE INFORMED US THEY HAD IN THE PAST JUST TAPED THE HOLE, BUT NOW IT WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE SHEET METAL TO REPAIR IT. HE TOLD US MAINT WAS ON THE WAY. ABOUT 20 MINS LATER THE SAME PERSON TOLD US WE WERE FIXED AND READY TO GO. WE DEPARTED AND FLEW TO RDU. A WK LATER, THE CAPT TOLD ME HE HAD BEEN CALLED BY THE CHIEF PLT AND TOLD WE HAD FLOWN THE AIRPLANE FROM PBI TO RDU WITH A HOLE IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. IT SEEMS THE MECH CAME TO THE AIRPLANE, BEGAN WORK, AND WAS THEN CALLED AWAY. SOMEONE ASSUMED THE MECH WAS DONE AND PASSED THE WORD TO US THE WORK WAS COMPLETE.

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.