<< >> NASA ASRS Report 150270, July 1990

An air taxi pilot accepted an flew acn small aircraft on sheduled flight with dirfferent type propeller installed than what operations specifications and handbook listed in the operational guidelines for the atx service.

Attributes
ACN	150270
Time
Date	199007
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fat
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 208
ASRS Report	150270
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	other personnel other oversight : supervisor
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other other

Narrative:

Flying a 135 cargo aircraft with insufficient operations specifications on propeller. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter was not too familiar with the situation. The cargo aircraft that he was flying used to have the composition propellers and two new aircraft were purchased and had the all metal propellers. After 2 flts in the new aircraft the chief pilot suggested that he send in this report. Reporter stated that the atx service has complied with the FARS and corrected the paperwork as to showing that the new propellers were now on the aircraft stated. Same type, different material.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIR TAXI PLT ACCEPTED AN FLEW ACN SMA ON SHEDULED FLT WITH DIRFFERENT TYPE PROPELLER INSTALLED THAN WHAT OPS SPECS AND HANDBOOK LISTED IN THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE ATX SERVICE.

Narrative: FLYING A 135 CARGO ACFT WITH INSUFFICIENT OPS SPECS ON PROP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR WAS NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION. THE CARGO ACFT THAT HE WAS FLYING USED TO HAVE THE COMPOSITION PROPS AND TWO NEW ACFT WERE PURCHASED AND HAD THE ALL METAL PROPS. AFTER 2 FLTS IN THE NEW ACFT THE CHIEF PLT SUGGESTED THAT HE SEND IN THIS RPT. RPTR STATED THAT THE ATX SVC HAS COMPLIED WITH THE FARS AND CORRECTED THE PAPERWORK AS TO SHOWING THAT THE NEW PROPS WERE NOW ON THE ACFT STATED. SAME TYPE, DIFFERENT MATERIAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.