Flight crew missed tape over static port on preflight.

Attributes
ACN	186579
Time
Date	199108
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	186579
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On aug/xx/91, flight air carrier, aircraft medium large transport, scheduled for use by crew to operate iah-bwi. Per flight manual, first officer accomplished exterior check and captain accomplished interior, cockpit checks. Flight operated on time with routine flight and scheduled arrival at bwi. On aug/xy/91 routine ramp inspection found 1 auxiliary static port covered by tape. Aircraft had come out of paint shop prior to this crew and flight. The flight was routine with no unusual conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC MISSED TAPE OVER STATIC PORT ON PREFLT.

Narrative: ON AUG/XX/91, FLT ACR, ACFT MLG, SCHEDULED FOR USE BY CREW TO OPERATE IAH-BWI. PER FLT MANUAL, FO ACCOMPLISHED EXTERIOR CHK AND CAPT ACCOMPLISHED INTERIOR, COCKPIT CHKS. FLT OPERATED ON TIME WITH ROUTINE FLT AND SCHEDULED ARR AT BWI. ON AUG/XY/91 ROUTINE RAMP INSPECTION FOUND 1 AUX STATIC PORT COVERED BY TAPE. ACFT HAD COME OUT OF PAINT SHOP PRIOR TO THIS CREW AND FLT. THE FLT WAS ROUTINE WITH NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS.

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.