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An air carrier A319 captain discovered enroute that a maintenance repair at the departure station was incorrectly performed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 787979 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 787979 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On preflight; first officer noticed a screw missing from forward corner of a panel just forward of the lower rotating beacon. ZZZ maintenance was notified and they issued a new maintenance release with a carry-forward; indicating a tapes repair. En route; I sent an ACARS message to maintenance inquiring about the ability to carry forward and tape the forward edge of any panel missing a screw. They indicated it was not legal which led me to believe the maintenance release/repair at ZZZ was not legal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR A319 CAPT DISCOVERED ENROUTE THAT A MAINTENANCE REPAIR AT THE DEPARTURE STATION WAS INCORRECTLY PERFORMED.
Narrative: ON PREFLT; FO NOTICED A SCREW MISSING FROM FORWARD CORNER OF A PANEL JUST FORWARD OF THE LOWER ROTATING BEACON. ZZZ MAINT WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ISSUED A NEW MAINT RELEASE WITH A CARRY-FORWARD; INDICATING A TAPES REPAIR. ENRTE; I SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO MAINT INQUIRING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CARRY FORWARD AND TAPE THE FORWARD EDGE OF ANY PANEL MISSING A SCREW. THEY INDICATED IT WAS NOT LEGAL WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THE MAINT RELEASE/REPAIR AT ZZZ WAS NOT LEGAL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.