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Flight crew of large transport type aircraft noted a maintenance item written off as repaired. Aircraft had been flown several days with the item inoperative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 163366 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199011 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 163366 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Maintenance allegedly fixed an item that was written in our aircraft logbook. They signed it off and we then flew the aircraft for 4 legs (takeoff/lndgs). On the last leg we discovered that the 'fixed' item was again malfunctioning. We wrote it up again only to later find out that they never repaired the item. They said they did...but they lied. This aircraft was an large transport. Engineers at tulsa authority/authorized it to fly with this 'no go' item broken from srq to dfw. Maintenance performed the wrong check on the landing gear warning system and then signed it off the maintenance item as fixed. When the item showed it was not fixed (4 legs later), then tulsa engineers grounded the aircraft. We were lied to and therefore flew this aircraft in violation of FARS and in violation of our own MEL. Recommend company mechanics be checked for their legality.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF LGT TYPE ACFT NOTED A MAINTENANCE ITEM WRITTEN OFF AS REPAIRED. ACFT HAD BEEN FLOWN SEVERAL DAYS WITH THE ITEM INOPERATIVE.
Narrative: MAINT ALLEGEDLY FIXED AN ITEM THAT WAS WRITTEN IN OUR ACFT LOGBOOK. THEY SIGNED IT OFF AND WE THEN FLEW THE ACFT FOR 4 LEGS (TKOF/LNDGS). ON THE LAST LEG WE DISCOVERED THAT THE 'FIXED' ITEM WAS AGAIN MALFUNCTIONING. WE WROTE IT UP AGAIN ONLY TO LATER FIND OUT THAT THEY NEVER REPAIRED THE ITEM. THEY SAID THEY DID...BUT THEY LIED. THIS ACFT WAS AN LGT. ENGINEERS AT TULSA AUTH IT TO FLY WITH THIS 'NO GO' ITEM BROKEN FROM SRQ TO DFW. MAINT PERFORMED THE WRONG CHK ON THE LNDG GEAR WARNING SYS AND THEN SIGNED IT OFF THE MAINT ITEM AS FIXED. WHEN THE ITEM SHOWED IT WAS NOT FIXED (4 LEGS LATER), THEN TULSA ENGINEERS GNDED THE ACFT. WE WERE LIED TO AND THEREFORE FLEW THIS ACFT IN VIOLATION OF FARS AND IN VIOLATION OF OUR OWN MEL. RECOMMEND COMPANY MECHS BE CHKED FOR THEIR LEGALITY.
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.