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Air carrier medium large transport aircraft was grounded during an FAA 'ramp' inspection because of an 'untagged' fire extinguisher.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 232989 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : roc |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 232989 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On ground at gate in roc an FAA ramp maintenance inspector wanted to look at our aircraft. I said ok. He found 1 halon fire extinguisher without a maintenance inspection sticker, and stated that the act was unsafe for flight. We had just flown it into roc on air carrier flight on feb/tue/93. Our maintenance at roc eventually replaced the bottle with one from another aircraft. I don't know if he was going to write the crew up for no inspection sticker on the fire bottle. No where in the pilot handbook or flight attendant manuals does it respond to the inspection sticker. All it states is the need for the pressure arrow in green and the safety pin installed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG ACFT WAS GNDED DURING AN FAA 'RAMP' INSPECTION BECAUSE OF AN 'UNTAGGED' FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Narrative: ON GND AT GATE IN ROC AN FAA RAMP MAINT INSPECTOR WANTED TO LOOK AT OUR ACFT. I SAID OK. HE FOUND 1 HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITHOUT A MAINT INSPECTION STICKER, AND STATED THAT THE ACT WAS UNSAFE FOR FLT. WE HAD JUST FLOWN IT INTO ROC ON ACR FLT ON FEB/TUE/93. OUR MAINT AT ROC EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE BOTTLE WITH ONE FROM ANOTHER ACFT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO WRITE THE CREW UP FOR NO INSPECTION STICKER ON THE FIRE BOTTLE. NO WHERE IN THE PLT HANDBOOK OR FLT ATTENDANT MANUALS DOES IT RESPOND TO THE INSPECTION STICKER. ALL IT STATES IS THE NEED FOR THE PRESSURE ARROW IN GREEN AND THE SAFETY PIN INSTALLED.
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.