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An md-11 cargo aircraft departed with company maintenance being aware of a #3 engine cracked pylon fairing. No logbook entry. Flight crew not notified.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 731093 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : relief pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 731093 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : coordinator |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was an international relief officer on an MD11. I did the preflight walkaround and noticed no aircraft problems. The flight proceeded without incident to ZZZZ1. On arrival; the crew was notified that the mechanic in ZZZZ idented a #3 engine cracked engine pylon fairing before we left ZZZZ. The crew was not informed of this crack. Company maintenance was informed. The problem is that the aircraft had a known open maintenance item; but no effort was made to inform the captain. There was no logbook entry. Maintenance control should have stopped the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD-11 CARGO ACFT DEPARTED WITH COMPANY MAINT BEING AWARE OF A #3 ENG CRACKED PYLON FAIRING. NO LOGBOOK ENTRY. FLT CREW NOT NOTIFIED.
Narrative: I WAS AN INTL RELIEF OFFICER ON AN MD11. I DID THE PREFLT WALKAROUND AND NOTICED NO ACFT PROBS. THE FLT PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO ZZZZ1. ON ARR; THE CREW WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE MECH IN ZZZZ IDENTED A #3 ENG CRACKED ENG PYLON FAIRING BEFORE WE LEFT ZZZZ. THE CREW WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS CRACK. COMPANY MAINT WAS INFORMED. THE PROB IS THAT THE ACFT HAD A KNOWN OPEN MAINT ITEM; BUT NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO INFORM THE CAPT. THERE WAS NO LOGBOOK ENTRY. MAINT CTL SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE FLT.
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.