<< >> NASA ASRS Report 218136, August 1992

Commuter aircraft ramp checked. Temporary registration certificate had expired. Reporter believes month should be spelled out to avoid confusion for asians and europeans.

Attributes
ACN	218136
Time
Date	199208
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	218136
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I checked the aircraft as normal, during preflight: fuel quantity, electrical system, etc, I also checked the required documents, which included airworthiness certificate, radio and registration license, operating handbook and weight balance. I basically checked, it was all there, and to my knowledge none of these documents have an expiration date. In lax I get ramp checked by the FAA, who then discovered that the registration is expired, and it is a temporary registration. I then decided to cancel the scheduled flight and all other flts till this gets resolved. To prevent this in the future, I think that a temporary document should be in a different color or temporary stamped across it. Another thing is the date should be put in with the month spelled out instead of all numbers, because europeans and asians will read the date backwards. Like this: 071092 means jul/10/92 in america, but it means the 7TH of october-92 in europe.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT RAMP CHKED. TEMPORARY REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED. RPTR BELIEVES MONTH SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT TO AVOID CONFUSION FOR ASIANS AND EUROPEANS.

Narrative: I CHKED THE ACFT AS NORMAL, DURING PREFLT: FUEL QUANTITY, ELECTRICAL SYS, ETC, I ALSO CHKED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, RADIO AND REGISTRATION LICENSE, OPERATING HANDBOOK AND WT BAL. I BASICALLY CHKED, IT WAS ALL THERE, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE NONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE. IN LAX I GET RAMP CHKED BY THE FAA, WHO THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE REGISTRATION IS EXPIRED, AND IT IS A TEMPORARY REGISTRATION. I THEN DECIDED TO CANCEL THE SCHEDULED FLT AND ALL OTHER FLTS TILL THIS GETS RESOLVED. TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE, I THINK THAT A TEMPORARY DOCUMENT SHOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT COLOR OR TEMPORARY STAMPED ACROSS IT. ANOTHER THING IS THE DATE SHOULD BE PUT IN WITH THE MONTH SPELLED OUT INSTEAD OF ALL NUMBERS, BECAUSE EUROPEANS AND ASIANS WILL READ THE DATE BACKWARDS. LIKE THIS: 071092 MEANS JUL/10/92 IN AMERICA, BUT IT MEANS THE 7TH OF OCTOBER-92 IN EUROPE.

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.