Minor maintenance problem.

Attributes
ACN	294868
Time
Date	199501
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhn
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 810 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	294868
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

A lot of confusion during initial contact with ground control! I was getting some actual (IMC) time toward my instrument rating. A trip arose to clt, so I went along. Some guy who was performing the maintenance was very rude, and to the best of my knowledge didn't complete the work in our time frame, as he stated he would! I was having snacks, then I returned to find the aircraft outside the hangar, so I preflted it and we contacted ground control...I was listening to the conversation, when all the confusion began, something about the aircraft being unairworthy, when we then stated our only problem was an inoperative encoder, so they said, 'taxi runway 18R...' our transponder was operative! We were cleared for takeoff and returned to gmu, sc,...(the maintenance guy was really rude about something unknown to me), so I felt we should file this so no stories are told against us!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MINOR MAINT PROB.

Narrative: A LOT OF CONFUSION DURING INITIAL CONTACT WITH GND CTL! I WAS GETTING SOME ACTUAL (IMC) TIME TOWARD MY INST RATING. A TRIP AROSE TO CLT, SO I WENT ALONG. SOME GUY WHO WAS PERFORMING THE MAINT WAS VERY RUDE, AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE DIDN'T COMPLETE THE WORK IN OUR TIME FRAME, AS HE STATED HE WOULD! I WAS HAVING SNACKS, THEN I RETURNED TO FIND THE ACFT OUTSIDE THE HANGAR, SO I PREFLTED IT AND WE CONTACTED GND CTL...I WAS LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION, WHEN ALL THE CONFUSION BEGAN, SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACFT BEING UNAIRWORTHY, WHEN WE THEN STATED OUR ONLY PROB WAS AN INOP ENCODER, SO THEY SAID, 'TAXI RWY 18R...' OUR XPONDER WAS OPERATIVE! WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF AND RETURNED TO GMU, SC,...(THE MAINT GUY WAS REALLY RUDE ABOUT SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO ME), SO I FELT WE SHOULD FILE THIS SO NO STORIES ARE TOLD AGAINST US!

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.