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A DC10 captain discovered enroute that the IRU mode panel and the main cargo fire control panel have been installed in reverse order. It was not known if this was the intentional result of a recent avionics up grade or an over sight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 966874 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 10 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 5500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During the cruise phase of flight; I realized that the controls on the overhead panel for the IRU mode panels and the main cargo fire control panels were installed in reversed order from company standard configuration for this aircraft type. Upon block-in at destination; I queried the company's station amt about this. We concluded that since this airplane was recently retrofitted with new flight displays; it was possible these panels were reversed as part of that installation. Since all the controls and indications of the afore mentioned tested and operated normally; I did not consider this a maintenance discrepancy as defined under far 91.7; ergo did not enter it into the aircraft's maintenance log. I did however communicate with our fleet technical support department to inform them of this airplane's overhead panel configuration and to point out my concerns of it being non-standard for our fleet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC10 Captain discovered enroute that the IRU Mode Panel and the Main Cargo Fire Control Panel have been installed in reverse order. It was not known if this was the intentional result of a recent avionics up grade or an over sight.
Narrative: During the cruise phase of flight; I realized that the controls on the Overhead Panel for the IRU Mode Panels and the Main Cargo Fire Control Panels were installed in reversed order from Company standard configuration for this aircraft type. Upon block-in at destination; I queried the company's station AMT about this. We concluded that since this airplane was recently retrofitted with new flight displays; it was possible these panels were reversed as part of that installation. Since all the controls and indications of the afore mentioned tested and operated normally; I did not consider this a maintenance discrepancy as defined under FAR 91.7; ergo did not enter it into the aircraft's maintenance log. I did however communicate with our Fleet Technical Support Department to inform them of this airplane's Overhead Panel configuration and to point out my concerns of it being non-standard for our fleet.
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.