Narrative:

During preflight, flight crew noted that control disengaged was activated and pushed back in and warning system was also disabled.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB AIRLINE MAINT POLICY. DURING THE PREFLT THE FLC DISCOVERS THAT THE FLT CTL SYS AND ITS WARNING SYS HAVE BEEN DISENGAGED.

Narrative: DURING PREFLT, FLC NOTED THAT CTL DISENGAGED WAS ACTIVATED AND PUSHED BACK IN AND WARNING SYS WAS ALSO DISABLED.

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.