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A320 captain reports failure of maintenance to diagnose and repair log book write-ups. Feels the problem is systemic in the maintenance structure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 816963 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200812 |
| 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 : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 816963 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft had been refused the previous day for #2 EPR inoperative. Write-up had been cleared after some technical fix overnight. My first officer found a bird stuck in the #2 EPR probe on walkaround. Obviously no mechanic checked the basic components of the EPR system. If our maintenance personnel are not finding simple problems like this; our aircraft maintenance is nonexistent. The previous day we were given an aircraft that had a wing anti-ice ECAM written up and signed off by mechanics several days in a row. Basically; nothing obvious was found and it was cleared as operations ok; no defects found. We were going into light freezing rain at ZZZ1. I called maintenance to discuss. When he realized that this was most likely going to recur; he sent the plane to the hangar and the flight was canceled. We were deadheaded to ZZZ2. By carrying write-ups; aircraft maintenance conditions have become our worst enemy. We have a real problem with maintenance and we need to get ahead of it before someone gets hurt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reports failure of Maintenance to diagnose and repair log book write-ups. Feels the problem is systemic in the maintenance structure.
Narrative: Aircraft had been refused the previous day for #2 EPR inoperative. Write-up had been cleared after some technical fix overnight. My First Officer found a bird stuck in the #2 EPR probe on walkaround. Obviously no Mechanic checked the basic components of the EPR system. If our maintenance personnel are not finding simple problems like this; our aircraft maintenance is nonexistent. The previous day we were given an aircraft that had a Wing Anti-Ice ECAM written up and signed off by mechanics several days in a row. Basically; nothing obvious was found and it was cleared as operations ok; no defects found. We were going into light freezing rain at ZZZ1. I called Maintenance to discuss. When he realized that this was most likely going to recur; he sent the plane to the hangar and the flight was canceled. We were deadheaded to ZZZ2. By carrying write-ups; aircraft maintenance conditions have become our worst enemy. We have a real problem with maintenance and we need to get ahead of it before someone gets hurt.
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.