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During a review of a cessna 650 operating specifications it was discovered the wrong hour interval for the engine hot section inspections.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 591595 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Citation III, VI, VII |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | other personnel other |
| ASRS Report | 591595 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical 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 Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
During review of our operations specifications it was discovered that the wrong hour interval is listed for the engine mpi. In the process of notifying our FAA maintenance principal to change the interval from 1500 hours to 2200 hours. To prevent a recurrence, pay better attention to detail when signing operations specifications and review them more often. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the wrong time interval was discovered shortly before the time ran out on the engine hot section inspection and the FAA maintenance principal was advised.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING A REVIEW OF A CESSNA 650 OPERATING SPECS IT WAS DISCOVERED THE WRONG HR INTERVAL FOR THE ENG HOT SECTION INSPECTIONS.
Narrative: DURING REVIEW OF OUR OPS SPECS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WRONG HR INTERVAL IS LISTED FOR THE ENG MPI. IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING OUR FAA MAINT PRINCIPAL TO CHANGE THE INTERVAL FROM 1500 HRS TO 2200 HRS. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE, PAY BETTER ATTN TO DETAIL WHEN SIGNING OPS SPECS AND REVIEW THEM MORE OFTEN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE WRONG TIME INTERVAL WAS DISCOVERED SHORTLY BEFORE THE TIME RAN OUT ON THE ENG HOT SECTION INSPECTION AND THE FAA MAINT PRINCIPAL WAS ADVISED.
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.