Narrative:

An aircraft condition record was active for our aircraft. This non airworthiness discrepancy required periodic inspection of the minor dents on the aircraft at every routine maintenance. However, at the routine maintenance prior to this occurrence, no inspection was done, therefore, making the aircraft ineligible for return to service. The aircraft flew for nearly 2 weeks like this. It was most likely not detected due to the difficulty in determining when a routine (versus a detail inspection) occurred in our aircraft discrepancy logbook. This could only be determined by comparing next scheduled maintenance dates and not looking at a specific past inspection date.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF A BEECH 1900 DISCOVERED DURING PREFLT REVIEW THAT A REQUIRED ACFT INSPECTION HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE PAST ROUTINE MAINT INSPECTION RENDERING THE ACFT UNAIRWORTHY AT THAT TIME AND SEVERAL PAST FLTS.

Narrative: AN ACFT CONDITION RECORD WAS ACTIVE FOR OUR ACFT. THIS NON AIRWORTHINESS DISCREPANCY REQUIRED PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE MINOR DENTS ON THE ACFT AT EVERY ROUTINE MAINT. HOWEVER, AT THE ROUTINE MAINT PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE, NO INSPECTION WAS DONE, THEREFORE, MAKING THE ACFT INELIGIBLE FOR RETURN TO SVC. THE ACFT FLEW FOR NEARLY 2 WKS LIKE THIS. IT WAS MOST LIKELY NOT DETECTED DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING WHEN A ROUTINE (VERSUS A DETAIL INSPECTION) OCCURRED IN OUR ACFT DISCREPANCY LOGBOOK. THIS COULD ONLY BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING NEXT SCHEDULED MAINT DATES AND NOT LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC PAST INSPECTION DATE.

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.