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A320 flight crew describes 'aircraft shopping' incident and lack of previous crew's aircraft refusal documented in aircraft logbook.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 802458 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200808 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 9800 flight time type : 3400 |
| ASRS Report | 802458 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
We had an aircraft assigned to us to fly this leg and the aircraft taken away and another aircraft was assigned to our flight. This new aircraft was being shopped around to see who would fly it with its deferred items. We found the crew that had gotten our aircraft and asked them why they had gotten our aircraft and they told us that they had verbally refused the aircraft with maintenance. There was no entry made in the logbook about a refusal; so when we refused the aircraft given to us; we were the first to officially refuse the aircraft. I believe that maybe maintenance is fatigued or maybe he chose to not make the refusal entry; but in either event our manual states that a refusal must be entered in the log history.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 FLT CREW DESCRIBES 'ACFT SHOPPING' INCIDENT AND LACK OF PREVIOUS CREW'S ACFT REFUSAL DOCUMENTED IN ACFT LOGBOOK.
Narrative: WE HAD AN ACFT ASSIGNED TO US TO FLY THIS LEG AND THE ACFT TAKEN AWAY AND ANOTHER ACFT WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR FLT. THIS NEW ACFT WAS BEING SHOPPED AROUND TO SEE WHO WOULD FLY IT WITH ITS DEFERRED ITEMS. WE FOUND THE CREW THAT HAD GOTTEN OUR ACFT AND ASKED THEM WHY THEY HAD GOTTEN OUR ACFT AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD VERBALLY REFUSED THE ACFT WITH MAINT. THERE WAS NO ENTRY MADE IN THE LOGBOOK ABOUT A REFUSAL; SO WHEN WE REFUSED THE ACFT GIVEN TO US; WE WERE THE FIRST TO OFFICIALLY REFUSE THE ACFT. I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE MAINT IS FATIGUED OR MAYBE HE CHOSE TO NOT MAKE THE REFUSAL ENTRY; BUT IN EITHER EVENT OUR MANUAL STATES THAT A REFUSAL MUST BE ENTERED IN THE LOG HISTORY.
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.