A maintenance director reports of an inadvertent overfly of the initial eddy current inspection requ...

Attributes
ACN	809890
Time
Date	200810
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-44 Seminole Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	maintenance : lead technician
Qualification	technician : powerplant technician : airframe technician : inspection authority
Experience	maintenance lead technician : 8 maintenance technician : 11
ASRS Report	809890
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : briefing contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : training
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Inadvertent overfly of the initial eddy current inspection required by hartzell airworthiness directive note 2008-13-28. The effective date of the airworthiness directive note just missed being disseminated to us at a scheduled inspection and then an individual technician incorrectly utilized the search function on the airworthiness directive software more frequent review of airworthiness directive compliance records and enhanced training for technicians using the search software will prevent any further occurrence. Reporter stated he had to get a ferry permit in order to get the piper seminole PA44-180T to a location to have the eddy current inspection accomplished. Reporter stated a previous airworthiness directive (ad) was issued for similar right-hand rotating hartzell propellers. The ad refers to cracks emanating from the lubrication holes in the propeller hub; basically from stress loads. These holes are machined to hold the zerk type grease fittings. The newer; improved hubs have more metal around the machined zerk fitting holes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MAINT DIRECTOR REPORTS OF AN INADVERTENT OVERFLY OF THE INITIAL EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION REQUIRED BY A HARTZELL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) NOTE 2008-13-28 ON A PIPER SEMINOLE TURBO PA44-180T.

Narrative: INADVERTENT OVERFLY OF THE INITIAL EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION REQUIRED BY HARTZELL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE NOTE 2008-13-28. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE NOTE JUST MISSED BEING DISSEMINATED TO US AT A SCHEDULED INSPECTION AND THEN AN INDIVIDUAL TECHNICIAN INCORRECTLY UTILIZED THE SEARCH FUNCTION ON THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE SOFTWARE MORE FREQUENT REVIEW OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE RECORDS AND ENHANCED TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS USING THE SEARCH SOFTWARE WILL PREVENT ANY FURTHER OCCURRENCE. REPORTER STATED HE HAD TO GET A FERRY PERMIT IN ORDER TO GET THE PIPER SEMINOLE PA44-180T TO A LOCATION TO HAVE THE EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED. REPORTER STATED A PREVIOUS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) WAS ISSUED FOR SIMILAR RIGHT-HAND ROTATING HARTZELL PROPS. THE AD REFERS TO CRACKS EMANATING FROM THE LUBRICATION HOLES IN THE PROP HUB; BASICALLY FROM STRESS LOADS. THESE HOLES ARE MACHINED TO HOLD THE ZERK TYPE GREASE FITTINGS. THE NEWER; IMPROVED HUBS HAVE MORE METAL AROUND THE MACHINED ZERK FITTING HOLES.

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.

A maintenance director reports of an inadvertent overfly of the initial eddy current inspection required by a hartzell airworthiness directive (ad) note 2008-13-28 on a piper seminole turbo PA44-180T.