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An A320 flight crew refused to accept an aircraft with an oil leak in the right engine due to the failure of maintenance to perform a run-up inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 844149 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Oil Distribution |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 13500 Flight Crew Type 3100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On walk around an unusual amount of oil was noticed on cowl on outer side of number 2 engine. Leak traced to a weep hole just aft of the acoc louvers. Maintenance control was notified via datalink. Contract maintenance appeared and opened cowl. Some oil that had pooled on the cowl drained onto ramp and the inner cowl looked freshly wet with oil. Mechanic; who has had a lot of airbus training through other airlines; stated we would have to motor the engine. Maintenance control also asked us to run while mechanic observed engine from outside. As a crew we declined to run engine. We then received a datalink maintenance release with the 'leak' signed off. The captain called maintenance control and expressed his belief that lack of a run-up crew caused the sign-off rather than an actual belief the plane was serviceable. Having actually observed the engine and the opening of the cowling; the captain felt the sign-off did not reflect the true aircraft condition. A run-up and correct sign-off was required by the crew prior to flight. The crew was offered run-up pay by an unidentified person. We declined. Contract mechanic said he would not fly aircraft without run-up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 flight crew refused to accept an aircraft with an oil leak in the right engine due to the failure of maintenance to perform a run-up inspection.
Narrative: On walk around an unusual amount of oil was noticed on cowl on outer side of number 2 engine. Leak traced to a weep hole just aft of the ACOC Louvers. Maintenance Control was notified via Datalink. Contract Maintenance appeared and opened cowl. Some oil that had pooled on the cowl drained onto ramp and the inner cowl looked freshly wet with oil. Mechanic; who has had a lot of airbus training through other airlines; stated we would have to motor the engine. Maintenance Control also asked us to run while mechanic observed engine from outside. As a crew we declined to run engine. We then received a Datalink maintenance release with the 'leak' signed off. The Captain called Maintenance Control and expressed his belief that lack of a run-up crew caused the sign-off rather than an actual belief the plane was serviceable. Having actually observed the engine and the opening of the cowling; the Captain felt the sign-off did not reflect the true aircraft condition. A run-up and correct sign-off was required by the crew prior to flight. The crew was offered run-up pay by an unidentified person. We declined. Contract mechanic said he would not fly aircraft without run-up.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.