<< >> NASA ASRS Report 385595, November 1997

A C172 was operated after an annual inspection revealed the engine was in an unairworthy condition and noted as such in the logbook.

Attributes
ACN	385595
Time
Date	199711
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	385595
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During an annual inspection I found the engine compression low or non existent on several cylinders, informed the owner, gave him a list of unairworthy items and made a logbook entry of unairworthy items (the unairworthy engine). The owner then flew the aircraft away.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 WAS OPERATED AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION REVEALED THE ENG WAS IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION AND NOTED AS SUCH IN THE LOGBOOK.

Narrative: DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION I FOUND THE ENG COMPRESSION LOW OR NON EXISTENT ON SEVERAL CYLINDERS, INFORMED THE OWNER, GAVE HIM A LIST OF UNAIRWORTHY ITEMS AND MADE A LOGBOOK ENTRY OF UNAIRWORTHY ITEMS (THE UNAIRWORTHY ENG). THE OWNER THEN FLEW THE ACFT AWAY.

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.