Narrative:

Recent internal audit of far 135 certificated carrier and far 145 certificated repair station has revealed possible maintenance and record keeping discrepancies: 1) certain ad's have no proof or record of compliance. Accordingly, it is impossible to determine whether compliance was within prescribed time limits or accomplished by prescribed procedures. 2) company generated 100 hour inspection form appears not to comply with requirements of part 43, appendix D. 3) altimeter changed on one aircraft west/O pitot static system check. 4) transponder replaced on 1 aircraft west/O transponder check. 5) airworthiness times limitations may have been exceeded. 6) maintenance and service manuals may not have been kept current. 7) company manual fails to prescribe procedures for preparation of mrr and mis reports by maintenance department. Required mis reports may not have been filed due to lack of procedures. 8) other maintenance manual discrepancies--eg, no requirement that multieng aircraft be weighed periodically, no 135 manual procedures or policies re: maintenance and inspection administration and responsibilities. 9) some special inspection and test equipment appears not to have been calibrated and/or controled. Corrective action: 1) company manuals, policies and procedures are being revised. All technical manuals and publications are being brought current. 2) maintenance department is being reorganized to include quality assurance responsibilities, ie, ad compliance, scheduling and documentation, maintenance and inspection scheduling and mis. 3) all aircraft suspected of record keeping and/or maintenance irregularities were grounded and comprehensively reinspected. Maintenance for which records were deficient has been reaccomplished. 4) special inspection and test equipment is being calibrated and will be controled. Existing policies and procedures have been reviewed and revised. 5) company inspection forms are being revised. 6) company has immediately initiated recurrent training for all maintenance personnel on existing and newly revised procedures and policies.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING AN INTERNAL AUDIT ACR COMPANY DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL AVIATION REGS.

Narrative: RECENT INTERNAL AUDIT OF FAR 135 CERTIFICATED CARRIER AND FAR 145 CERTIFICATED REPAIR STATION HAS REVEALED POSSIBLE MAINT AND RECORD KEEPING DISCREPANCIES: 1) CERTAIN AD'S HAVE NO PROOF OR RECORD OF COMPLIANCE. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER COMPLIANCE WAS WITHIN PRESCRIBED TIME LIMITS OR ACCOMPLISHED BY PRESCRIBED PROCS. 2) COMPANY GENERATED 100 HR INSPECTION FORM APPEARS NOT TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF PART 43, APPENDIX D. 3) ALTIMETER CHANGED ON ONE ACFT W/O PITOT STATIC SYS CHK. 4) XPONDER REPLACED ON 1 ACFT W/O XPONDER CHK. 5) AIRWORTHINESS TIMES LIMITATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED. 6) MAINT AND SVC MANUALS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN KEPT CURRENT. 7) COMPANY MANUAL FAILS TO PRESCRIBE PROCS FOR PREPARATION OF MRR AND MIS RPTS BY MAINT DEPT. REQUIRED MIS RPTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FILED DUE TO LACK OF PROCS. 8) OTHER MAINT MANUAL DISCREPANCIES--EG, NO REQUIREMENT THAT MULTIENG ACFT BE WEIGHED PERIODICALLY, NO 135 MANUAL PROCS OR POLICIES RE: MAINT AND INSPECTION ADMINISTRATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 9) SOME SPECIAL INSPECTION AND TEST EQUIP APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED AND/OR CTLED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: 1) COMPANY MANUALS, POLICIES AND PROCS ARE BEING REVISED. ALL TECHNICAL MANUALS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE BEING BROUGHT CURRENT. 2) MAINT DEPT IS BEING REORGANIZED TO INCLUDE QUALITY ASSURANCE RESPONSIBILITIES, IE, AD COMPLIANCE, SCHEDULING AND DOCUMENTATION, MAINT AND INSPECTION SCHEDULING AND MIS. 3) ALL ACFT SUSPECTED OF RECORD KEEPING AND/OR MAINT IRREGULARITIES WERE GNDED AND COMPREHENSIVELY REINSPECTED. MAINT FOR WHICH RECORDS WERE DEFICIENT HAS BEEN REACCOMPLISHED. 4) SPECIAL INSPECTION AND TEST EQUIP IS BEING CALIBRATED AND WILL BE CTLED. EXISTING POLICIES AND PROCS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND REVISED. 5) COMPANY INSPECTION FORMS ARE BEING REVISED. 6) COMPANY HAS IMMEDIATELY INITIATED RECURRENT TRNING FOR ALL MAINT PERSONNEL ON EXISTING AND NEWLY REVISED PROCS AND POLICIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.