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First officer of medium large transport air carrier aircraft questioned the validity of an en route line check by an FAA maintenance inspector.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 238947 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199304 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 238947 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On a flight from den to cheyenne we had an FAA maintenance inspector giving us a check flight. Seems kind of odd for a maintenance fed to be doing the job of an operations fed. Anyway, the flight went relatively well with no known violations. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he did not know that maintenance type inspectors did conduct en route line checks, even though it was done in an acceptable manner. He was advised of the FAA policy with regard to the en route inspection requirements for each carrier and type of aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF MLG ACR ACFT QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY OF AN ENRTE LINE CHK BY AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR.
Narrative: ON A FLT FROM DEN TO CHEYENNE WE HAD AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR GIVING US A CHK FLT. SEEMS KIND OF ODD FOR A MAINT FED TO BE DOING THE JOB OF AN OPS FED. ANYWAY, THE FLT WENT RELATIVELY WELL WITH NO KNOWN VIOLATIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MAINT TYPE INSPECTORS DID CONDUCT ENRTE LINE CHKS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DONE IN AN ACCEPTABLE MANNER. HE WAS ADVISED OF THE FAA POLICY WITH REGARD TO THE ENRTE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH CARRIER AND TYPE OF ACFT.
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.