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A student at a flight school reported that the school's aircraft are not maintained in a safe condition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1681859 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ASH.Airport |
| State Reference | NH |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Attitude Indicator(Gyro/Horizon/ADI) |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
The flight school portion of my school is done through [FBO]. [FBO] has had 3 engine failures in the past 2 months and 2 airplanes that are currently flying in an unsafe condition. Aircraft X has an attitude indicator with more than 30 degrees of error and is not marked inoperative and I believe it possible that it was taken IFR in this condition. Yesterday aircraft Y had an almost snapped alternator belt; and the airplane had just come out of an inspection. There is a picture of the belt and the student that was supposed to fly the aircraft claimed that someone in maintenance suggested the plane would be fine to be used. I cannot prove any one incidents but I believe there are more issues to be looked into. I believe an inspection of these airplanes would be a good action to correct these issues. This is a part 141 flight program and I am unsure where these problems should be reported. If this is the wrong place or if these concerns are not serious; feel free to disregard this report.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student at a flight school reported that the school's aircraft are not maintained in a safe condition.
Narrative: The flight school portion of my school is done through [FBO]. [FBO] has had 3 engine failures in the past 2 months and 2 airplanes that are currently flying in an unsafe condition. Aircraft X has an attitude indicator with more than 30 degrees of error and is not marked INOP and I believe it possible that it was taken IFR in this condition. Yesterday Aircraft Y had an almost snapped alternator belt; and the airplane had just come out of an inspection. There is a picture of the belt and the student that was supposed to fly the aircraft claimed that someone in maintenance suggested the plane would be fine to be used. I cannot prove any one incidents but I believe there are more issues to be looked into. I believe an inspection of these airplanes would be a good action to correct these issues. This is a part 141 flight program and I am unsure where these problems should be reported. If this is the wrong place or if these concerns are not serious; feel free to disregard this report.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.