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Air carrier captain reported being notified that he had operated a flight with the vertical stabilizer probe covers on during flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1741474 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pitot-Static System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was made aware several days ago that my flight from ZZZ-ZZZ1 on operated with vertical stabilizer probe covers on. I did the walk-around and did not notice the covers on the probes. In my years of flying this type aircraft; I have never had the probes covered. I entered a write-up after landing that the feel diff light came on several times in flight; but the aircraft operated normal. Yesterday I spoke to maintenance in ZZZ and I asked what color are the probe covers normally. He said normally X color; however they were short on supplies and in many cases used other methods to cover the probes. Also; maintenance mentioned this was a new procedure and did not have all the necessary standardization and procedures in place. In today's environment; we have all types of distractions going on; I don't believe I need to list them. This is a challenging time for all employee groups which can cause mistakes and errors. I'm sure maintenance did not intentionally not remove the covers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported being notified that he had operated a flight with the vertical stabilizer probe covers on during flight.
Narrative: I was made aware several days ago that my flight from ZZZ-ZZZ1 on operated with vertical stabilizer probe covers on. I did the walk-around and did not notice the covers on the probes. In my years of flying this type aircraft; I have never had the probes covered. I entered a write-up after landing that the FEEL DIFF light came on several times in flight; but the aircraft operated normal. Yesterday I spoke to Maintenance in ZZZ and I asked what color are the probe covers normally. He said normally X color; however they were short on supplies and in many cases used other methods to cover the probes. Also; Maintenance mentioned this was a new procedure and did not have all the necessary standardization and procedures in place. In today's environment; we have all types of distractions going on; I don't believe I need to list them. This is a challenging time for all employee groups which can cause mistakes and errors. I'm sure Maintenance did not intentionally not remove the covers.
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.