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On a ferry flight to deliver a newly sold DA40, reporter encountered several mechanical failures. Upon landing discovered the temporary registration for the aircraft was out of date.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 595720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hpn.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 595720 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft relatively new with 37 tachometer total time needed to be re-located from white plains, ny, to bwi. All electric panels on aircraft in mixed flight conditions. Series of individual failures -- ie, turn coordination, pitot heat, fuel pressure and finally, on ground oil line broke (new aircraft). Upon reaching destination, realized the temporary registration had expired. Ferry pilot knew plane to be newly sold. Had flown and delivered these before with no problem. Salesman paying for ferry flight knew and misled me as to paperwork for flight purposes and pilot (myself) was a fool for trusting his 'verification' of paperwork. Because paperwork was not current, I hesitated to land or return to original airport when equipment failed. I pressed on with accumulating equipment failures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON A FERRY FLT TO DELIVER A NEWLY SOLD DA40, RPTR ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL MECHANICAL FAILURES. UPON LNDG DISCOVERED THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR THE ACFT WAS OUT OF DATE.
Narrative: ACFT RELATIVELY NEW WITH 37 TACHOMETER TOTAL TIME NEEDED TO BE RE-LOCATED FROM WHITE PLAINS, NY, TO BWI. ALL ELECTRIC PANELS ON ACFT IN MIXED FLT CONDITIONS. SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL FAILURES -- IE, TURN COORD, PITOT HEAT, FUEL PRESSURE AND FINALLY, ON GND OIL LINE BROKE (NEW ACFT). UPON REACHING DEST, REALIZED THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION HAD EXPIRED. FERRY PLT KNEW PLANE TO BE NEWLY SOLD. HAD FLOWN AND DELIVERED THESE BEFORE WITH NO PROB. SALESMAN PAYING FOR FERRY FLT KNEW AND MISLED ME AS TO PAPERWORK FOR FLT PURPOSES AND PLT (MYSELF) WAS A FOOL FOR TRUSTING HIS 'VERIFICATION' OF PAPERWORK. BECAUSE PAPERWORK WAS NOT CURRENT, I HESITATED TO LAND OR RETURN TO ORIGINAL ARPT WHEN EQUIP FAILED. I PRESSED ON WITH ACCUMULATING EQUIP FAILURES.
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.