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An airbus 300 was dispatched on a functional check flight in non compliance without the required functional check flight procedures and release accomplished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 564958 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 564958 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I believed that by releasing the aircraft for a ps/0912 (routine overnight check) would qualify that the fcf (functional check flight) release was not necessary.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300 WAS DISPATCHED ON A FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT IN NON COMPLIANCE WITHOUT THE REQUIRED FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT PROCS AND RELEASE ACCOMPLISHED.
Narrative: I BELIEVED THAT BY RELEASING THE ACFT FOR A PS/0912 (ROUTINE OVERNIGHT CHK) WOULD QUALIFY THAT THE FCF (FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT) RELEASE WAS NOT NECESSARY.
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.