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An MD80 after a return to the departure airport was inspected by an FAA safety inspector who found 1 improper logbook item. Crew contacted maintenance control and had logbook corrected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 685155 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 685155 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 685156 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
After our air interrupt; the FAA inspector questioned a write-up in the maintenance write-up completed work concerning a fuel dipstick on the right wing. It had been signed off as ok to continue and completed work was circled; however; it was listed as deferred to the gpm. The captain then had technician facsimile to contract maintenance a clarification which was entered into the logbook and was signed off so we could continue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 AFTER A RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT WAS INSPECTED BY AN FAA SAFETY INSPECTOR WHO FOUND 1 IMPROPER LOGBOOK ITEM. CREW CONTACTED MAINT CTL AND HAD LOGBOOK CORRECTED.
Narrative: AFTER OUR AIR INTERRUPT; THE FAA INSPECTOR QUESTIONED A WRITE-UP IN THE MAINT WRITE-UP COMPLETED WORK CONCERNING A FUEL DIPSTICK ON THE R WING. IT HAD BEEN SIGNED OFF AS OK TO CONTINUE AND COMPLETED WORK WAS CIRCLED; HOWEVER; IT WAS LISTED AS DEFERRED TO THE GPM. THE CAPT THEN HAD TECHNICIAN FAX TO CONTRACT MAINT A CLARIFICATION WHICH WAS ENTERED INTO THE LOGBOOK AND WAS SIGNED OFF SO WE COULD CONTINUE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.