An aircraft was flown with an expired temperature registration certificate.

Attributes
ACN	272705
Time
Date	199405
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	272705
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	272396
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Upon ramp check after arrival at iah, discovered aircraft and expired registration. Aircraft had recently been reregistered from foreign to united states registry and only had temperature certificate which expired on may/xx/94. Aircraft was inactive on may/xx/94 and we flew it 2 legs on may/xx/94.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH AN EXPIRED TEMP REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.

Narrative: UPON RAMP CHK AFTER ARR AT IAH, DISCOVERED ACFT AND EXPIRED REGISTRATION. ACFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REREGISTERED FROM FOREIGN TO UNITED STATES REGISTRY AND ONLY HAD TEMP CERTIFICATE WHICH EXPIRED ON MAY/XX/94. ACFT WAS INACTIVE ON MAY/XX/94 AND WE FLEW IT 2 LEGS ON MAY/XX/94.

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.