Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft found an aircraft fairing missing during postflt inspection caused by company maintenance not reinstalling it after maintenance work.

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Attributes
ACN	245633
Time
Date	199307
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : esf
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 265 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	245633
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 240
ASRS Report	245831
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On post-flight check at destination we became aware that the mechanics had forgotten to put a cover that belonged on an air cycle machine inlet. We wrote it up as a dropped object until they told us they forgot to put the part on the night before. My first officer as well as the crew that brought us the airplane the night before missed it on their preflight. I was busy with many other problems with the airplane and only did a brief walk around. Our company manual states that the captain shall delegate the preflight actions to the first officer and when a problem arises he is to bring it to my attention. This item was missed on his preflight unintentionally. I feel this problem can be alleviated by taking the time out to perform the additional checks.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT FOUND AN ACFT FAIRING MISSING DURING POSTFLT INSPECTION CAUSED BY COMPANY MAINT NOT REINSTALLING IT AFTER MAINT WORK.

Narrative: ON POST-FLT CHK AT DEST WE BECAME AWARE THAT THE MECHS HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT A COVER THAT BELONGED ON AN AIR CYCLE MACHINE INLET. WE WROTE IT UP AS A DROPPED OBJECT UNTIL THEY TOLD US THEY FORGOT TO PUT THE PART ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. MY FO AS WELL AS THE CREW THAT BROUGHT US THE AIRPLANE THE NIGHT BEFORE MISSED IT ON THEIR PREFLT. I WAS BUSY WITH MANY OTHER PROBS WITH THE AIRPLANE AND ONLY DID A BRIEF WALK AROUND. OUR COMPANY MANUAL STATES THAT THE CAPT SHALL DELEGATE THE PREFLT ACTIONS TO THE FO AND WHEN A PROB ARISES HE IS TO BRING IT TO MY ATTN. THIS ITEM WAS MISSED ON HIS PREFLT UNINTENTIONALLY. I FEEL THIS PROB CAN BE ALLEVIATED BY TAKING THE TIME OUT TO PERFORM THE ADDITIONAL CHKS.

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.