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FAA maintenance inspector ramp checked an ATR42 after arrival revealing discrepancies in the method used by maintenance of aircraft logbook documentation, and placarding, of air conditioning and TCASII system equipment deferrals.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512449 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 42 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 512449 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Maintenance ramp inspection FAA at rdu. Upon arrival at rdu at XB25, FAA inspector logbook inspection stated that she had found 2 discrepancies with the aircraft logbook and the release: 1) air conditioning pack blows hot air. It was carried on the release as outstanding maintenance (ie, maintenance to be done), but had actually been signed off as completed on the ntp page. Air conditioning pack 1 operations checked good. A) she questioned why the release didn't match the ntp (logbook). (Because it had been signed off) and B) why wasn't there an MEL placard on the #1 pack? (But it had been cleared by maintenance and signed off. 2) TCASII inoperative. The TCASII was carried on the paperwork as inoperative on the release. A) was not placarded as inoperative with an MEL sticker. The initial write-up idented the TCASII on the first officer side inoperative. But the captain's TCASII was fully functional. The TCASII was MEL'ed but the TCASII operated normally and was not placarded nor was TCASII power breaker pulled. Was not signed off on ntp logbook page as operations check good. She also questioned the numbering system of the ntp page (logbook) with signoffs numbered out of order.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAA MAINT INSPECTOR RAMP CHKED AN ATR42 AFTER ARR REVEALING DISCREPANCIES IN THE METHOD USED BY MAINT OF ACFT LOGBOOK DOCUMENTATION, AND PLACARDING, OF AIR CONDITIONING AND TCASII SYS EQUIP DEFERRALS.
Narrative: MAINT RAMP INSPECTION FAA AT RDU. UPON ARR AT RDU AT XB25, FAA INSPECTOR LOGBOOK INSPECTION STATED THAT SHE HAD FOUND 2 DISCREPANCIES WITH THE ACFT LOGBOOK AND THE RELEASE: 1) AIR CONDITIONING PACK BLOWS HOT AIR. IT WAS CARRIED ON THE RELEASE AS OUTSTANDING MAINT (IE, MAINT TO BE DONE), BUT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SIGNED OFF AS COMPLETED ON THE NTP PAGE. AIR CONDITIONING PACK 1 OPS CHKED GOOD. A) SHE QUESTIONED WHY THE RELEASE DIDN'T MATCH THE NTP (LOGBOOK). (BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SIGNED OFF) AND B) WHY WASN'T THERE AN MEL PLACARD ON THE #1 PACK? (BUT IT HAD BEEN CLRED BY MAINT AND SIGNED OFF. 2) TCASII INOP. THE TCASII WAS CARRIED ON THE PAPERWORK AS INOP ON THE RELEASE. A) WAS NOT PLACARDED AS INOP WITH AN MEL STICKER. THE INITIAL WRITE-UP IDENTED THE TCASII ON THE FO SIDE INOP. BUT THE CAPT'S TCASII WAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL. THE TCASII WAS MEL'ED BUT THE TCASII OPERATED NORMALLY AND WAS NOT PLACARDED NOR WAS TCASII PWR BREAKER PULLED. WAS NOT SIGNED OFF ON NTP LOGBOOK PAGE AS OPS CHK GOOD. SHE ALSO QUESTIONED THE NUMBERING SYS OF THE NTP PAGE (LOGBOOK) WITH SIGNOFFS NUMBERED OUT OF ORDER.
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.