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Flight crew of an atx executive jet were informed by their principal operations inspector that they were illegal to fly with the thrust reversers pinned without complying with MEL deferral procedures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 475966 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bng.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sju.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : post flt. |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 6900 flight time type : 40 |
| ASRS Report | 475966 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : assigned or threatened penalties faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Upon returning from flight, I learned that our poi at ral FSDO has changed his position regarding legality of having aeronca thrust reversers pinned per maintenance manual as not requiring MEL deferral. He now believes situation was in violation. When we departed, it was supposed to be legal, but now when we returned it is not ok.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ATX EXECUTIVE JET WERE INFORMED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL OPS INSPECTOR THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL TO FLY WITH THE THRUST REVERSERS PINNED WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH MEL DEFERRAL PROCS.
Narrative: UPON RETURNING FROM FLT, I LEARNED THAT OUR POI AT RAL FSDO HAS CHANGED HIS POS REGARDING LEGALITY OF HAVING AERONCA THRUST REVERSERS PINNED PER MAINT MANUAL AS NOT REQUIRING MEL DEFERRAL. HE NOW BELIEVES SIT WAS IN VIOLATION. WHEN WE DEPARTED, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEGAL, BUT NOW WHEN WE RETURNED IT IS NOT OK.
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.