<< >> NASA ASRS Report 689498, March 2006

An MD11 was dispatched on a maintenance ferry gear down with the gear pins removed per captain's request.

Attributes
ACN	689498
Time
Date	200603
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
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : fcc technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance avionics : 10 maintenance technician : 26
ASRS Report	689498
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : inspector
Qualification	technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance supervisor : 28 maintenance technician : 10
ASRS Report	689490
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

This letter was written to disclose a ferry flight on mar/thu/06. Aircraft Y received a landing gear extend ferry flight permit to be carried out from ZZZ to ZZZ1; ETD XB20Z from ZZZ and ETA XC05Z to ZZZ1. Approximately XA30Z flight crew finished preflight walkaround and went on to the flight deck where inspector X with the aircraft maintenance log ready to be presented to the flight crew. The captain stating a request that all the landing gear pins be removed for flight to inspector X; which in turn inspector X asked me to have to task get done. The aircraft maintenance technician those were with me help to remove all the landing gear pins and I checked that all the landing gear pins were removed. I made the entry in aircraft maintenance log. All the landing gear pins to be removed as per captain and signed off the maintenance log to release the aircraft for flight and presented to the captain and the captain accepted the aircraft for the ferry flight. At XB20Z aircraft took off from ZZZ and landed at ZZZ1 as plan with no incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD11 WAS DISPATCHED ON A MAINT FERRY GEAR DOWN WITH THE GEAR PINS REMOVED PER CAPT'S REQUEST.

Narrative: THIS LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO DISCLOSE A FERRY FLT ON MAR/THU/06. ACFT Y RECEIVED A LNDG GEAR EXTEND FERRY FLT PERMIT TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ1; ETD XB20Z FROM ZZZ AND ETA XC05Z TO ZZZ1. APPROX XA30Z FLT CREW FINISHED PREFLT WALKAROUND AND WENT ON TO THE FLT DECK WHERE INSPECTOR X WITH THE ACFT MAINT LOG READY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FLT CREW. THE CAPT STATING A REQUEST THAT ALL THE LNDG GEAR PINS BE REMOVED FOR FLT TO INSPECTOR X; WHICH IN TURN INSPECTOR X ASKED ME TO HAVE TO TASK GET DONE. THE ACFT MAINT TECHNICIAN THOSE WERE WITH ME HELP TO REMOVE ALL THE LNDG GEAR PINS AND I CHKED THAT ALL THE LNDG GEAR PINS WERE REMOVED. I MADE THE ENTRY IN ACFT MAINT LOG. ALL THE LNDG GEAR PINS TO BE REMOVED AS PER CAPT AND SIGNED OFF THE MAINT LOG TO RELEASE THE ACFT FOR FLT AND PRESENTED TO THE CAPT AND THE CAPT ACCEPTED THE ACFT FOR THE FERRY FLT. AT XB20Z ACFT TOOK OFF FROM ZZZ AND LANDED AT ZZZ1 AS PLAN WITH NO INCIDENT.

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.