A rented beechcraft is found to have many problems during the rental period. It is later discovered to be beyond its required annual inspection by 24 days.

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Attributes
ACN	585657
Time
Date	200306
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ict.airport
State Reference	KS
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ict.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	585657
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	other personnel
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

A BE58P rented from an FBO in ict. Normal preflight conducted that included verification of registration, airworthiness certificate, and flight hour meter. Maintenance information, squawks, or logbook were not found on the aircraft. The airplane was found to have numerous squawks during the flight. The squawks included: both tachometer initially 'hung up' at low RPM. Right tit inoperative. Right fuel quantity gauge stuck at about 1/2 tank with full fuel visually verified. Left load meter initially stuck at zero load. Both VHF communications intermittent static and garbled. Played with jacks to get operating. Static wick missing from left elevator. Transponder not working properly. Database expired on GPS-530. No good place to document squawks other than telephone to FBO. Found out on jun/thu/03, that the aircraft annual inspection had expired on may/fri/03, after FBO called another pilot from our office advising him in the middle of a trip to iowa. Aircraft has apparently been on the open rental market since may/fri/03 in an unairworthy condition. Ict FSDO advised on jun/thu/03, of the situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A RENTED BEECHCRAFT IS FOUND TO HAVE MANY PROBS DURING THE RENTAL PERIOD. IT IS LATER DISCOVERED TO BE BEYOND ITS REQUIRED ANNUAL INSPECTION BY 24 DAYS.

Narrative: A BE58P RENTED FROM AN FBO IN ICT. NORMAL PREFLT CONDUCTED THAT INCLUDED VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION, AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, AND FLT HR METER. MAINT INFO, SQUAWKS, OR LOGBOOK WERE NOT FOUND ON THE ACFT. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND TO HAVE NUMEROUS SQUAWKS DURING THE FLT. THE SQUAWKS INCLUDED: BOTH TACHOMETER INITIALLY 'HUNG UP' AT LOW RPM. RIGHT TIT INOP. R FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE STUCK AT ABOUT 1/2 TANK WITH FULL FUEL VISUALLY VERIFIED. L LOAD METER INITIALLY STUCK AT ZERO LOAD. BOTH VHF COMS INTERMITTENT STATIC AND GARBLED. PLAYED WITH JACKS TO GET OPERATING. STATIC WICK MISSING FROM L ELEVATOR. XPONDER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DATABASE EXPIRED ON GPS-530. NO GOOD PLACE TO DOCUMENT SQUAWKS OTHER THAN TELEPHONE TO FBO. FOUND OUT ON JUN/THU/03, THAT THE ACFT ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD EXPIRED ON MAY/FRI/03, AFTER FBO CALLED ANOTHER PLT FROM OUR OFFICE ADVISING HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIP TO IOWA. ACFT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN ON THE OPEN RENTAL MARKET SINCE MAY/FRI/03 IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION. ICT FSDO ADVISED ON JUN/THU/03, OF THE SIT.

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.