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Flight crew of a EMB120 failed to notice a discrepancy write-up in the aircraft logbook of a cargo door seal problem resulting in the aircraft being flown without fixing the discrepancy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339619 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 339619 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure 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 | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft, EMB120 had a cargo door seal problem that was written up early on jun/xx/96. I took the aircraft from iah to efd and flew it until XA45 local. When the trip was completed in jan, I was not aware of this discrepancy until a week later, when the pilot who took the aircraft the next morning. There was nothing on the back of the logbook (notice to pilots) of any written discrepancies. The aircraft was fixed that morning before leaving jan. The aircraft sat on the ramp at iah for more than 2 hours with this write-up before I took the aircraft. There should have been better communication between the pilots who wrote it up and operations/maintenance. Nobody told me that there was a problem, and it should have been grounded until maintenance fixed the problem. I also should have looked more closely to the write-ups and sign-offs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A EMB120 FAILED TO NOTICE A DISCREPANCY WRITE-UP IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK OF A CARGO DOOR SEAL PROB RESULTING IN THE ACFT BEING FLOWN WITHOUT FIXING THE DISCREPANCY.
Narrative: ACFT, EMB120 HAD A CARGO DOOR SEAL PROB THAT WAS WRITTEN UP EARLY ON JUN/XX/96. I TOOK THE ACFT FROM IAH TO EFD AND FLEW IT UNTIL XA45 LCL. WHEN THE TRIP WAS COMPLETED IN JAN, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS DISCREPANCY UNTIL A WK LATER, WHEN THE PLT WHO TOOK THE ACFT THE NEXT MORNING. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE BACK OF THE LOGBOOK (NOTICE TO PLTS) OF ANY WRITTEN DISCREPANCIES. THE ACFT WAS FIXED THAT MORNING BEFORE LEAVING JAN. THE ACFT SAT ON THE RAMP AT IAH FOR MORE THAN 2 HRS WITH THIS WRITE-UP BEFORE I TOOK THE ACFT. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER COM BTWN THE PLTS WHO WROTE IT UP AND OPS/MAINT. NOBODY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A PROB, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GNDED UNTIL MAINT FIXED THE PROB. I ALSO SHOULD HAVE LOOKED MORE CLOSELY TO THE WRITE-UPS AND SIGN-OFFS.
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.