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FAA maintenance inspector on an en route inspection alerts flight crew to missing cockpit windshield trim and flight crew advised that they will have it fixed upon return to home base. However, flight crew did not write up in aircraft logbook and maintenance could not fix since trim was missing. Item had to be deferred as long as it was legally deferrable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411370 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dal |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 18000 |
| ASRS Report | 411370 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
FAA maintenance inspector on board from dal-lit flight, aug/xa/98. Upon landing lit, inspector noticed piece of trim missing from rear of first officer cockpit window. We said we would have it replaced in dal. He said ok. Upon return to dal, maintenance was informed, then looked but could not find trim to replace it. I forgot to put this in logbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAA MAINT INSPECTOR ON AN ENRTE INSPECTION ALERTS FLC TO MISSING COCKPIT WINDSHIELD TRIM AND FLC ADVISED THAT THEY WILL HAVE IT FIXED UPON RETURN TO HOME BASE. HOWEVER, FLC DID NOT WRITE UP IN ACFT LOGBOOK AND MAINT COULD NOT FIX SINCE TRIM WAS MISSING. ITEM HAD TO BE DEFERRED AS LONG AS IT WAS LEGALLY DEFERRABLE.
Narrative: FAA MAINT INSPECTOR ON BOARD FROM DAL-LIT FLT, AUG/XA/98. UPON LNDG LIT, INSPECTOR NOTICED PIECE OF TRIM MISSING FROM REAR OF FO COCKPIT WINDOW. WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE IT REPLACED IN DAL. HE SAID OK. UPON RETURN TO DAL, MAINT WAS INFORMED, THEN LOOKED BUT COULD NOT FIND TRIM TO REPLACE IT. I FORGOT TO PUT THIS IN LOGBOOK.
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.