Intracompany miscom on aircraft change. Flight crew not advised of aircraft change due to grounding ...

Attributes
ACN	325280
Time
Date	199601
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : iln
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	325280
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	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Scheduled flight mia-mco flew with revenue passenger even though aircraft had a grounding maintenance item. The aircraft was originally taken off this flight and swapped to another aircraft, however, miscom between dispatch office and airport personnel failed to reach flight crew to advise of this situation. Flight crew took wrong aircraft to mco. Repeated attempts to contact crew via telesis and ACARS resulted in failure. Upon arrival mco, crew was contacted and advised of problem. The return flight was canceled and a maintenance ferry permit was issued to return aircraft and crew to mia for required repairs. Although the maintenance item in question was non-critical (engine tailpipe temperature probes), I felt it was necessary to report this as a precautionary measure. The engine tailpipe temperature probes are 'life-limited' parts and require removal and replacement at scheduled intervals. Flight crew reported no problems whatsoever with aircraft during both flts. Communication problem is being addressed by management to prevent further problems of this nature in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INTRACOMPANY MISCOM ON ACFT CHANGE. FLC NOT ADVISED OF ACFT CHANGE DUE TO GROUNDING MAINT ITEM. ACFT FLOWN TO DEST, BUT THEN FLC RECEIVED MESSAGE, A MAINT FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND ACFT FERRIED BACK FOR REPAIR.

Narrative: SCHEDULED FLT MIA-MCO FLEW WITH REVENUE PAX EVEN THOUGH ACFT HAD A GROUNDING MAINT ITEM. THE ACFT WAS ORIGINALLY TAKEN OFF THIS FLT AND SWAPPED TO ANOTHER ACFT, HOWEVER, MISCOM BTWN DISPATCH OFFICE AND ARPT PERSONNEL FAILED TO REACH FLC TO ADVISE OF THIS SIT. FLC TOOK WRONG ACFT TO MCO. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT CREW VIA TELESIS AND ACARS RESULTED IN FAILURE. UPON ARR MCO, CREW WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED OF PROB. THE RETURN FLT WAS CANCELED AND A MAINT FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED TO RETURN ACFT AND CREW TO MIA FOR REQUIRED REPAIRS. ALTHOUGH THE MAINT ITEM IN QUESTION WAS NON-CRITICAL (ENG TAILPIPE TEMP PROBES), I FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO RPT THIS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE ENG TAILPIPE TEMP PROBES ARE 'LIFE-LIMITED' PARTS AND REQUIRE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT AT SCHEDULED INTERVALS. FLC RPTED NO PROBS WHATSOEVER WITH ACFT DURING BOTH FLTS. COM PROB IS BEING ADDRESSED BY MGMNT TO PREVENT FURTHER PROBS OF THIS NATURE IN THE FUTURE.

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.

Intracompany miscom on aircraft change. Flight crew not advised of aircraft change due to grounding maintenance item. Aircraft flown to destination, but then flight crew received message, a maintenance ferry permit was issued and aircraft ferried back for repair.