Unresolvable maintenance problems led to a B747 flight crew's duty time exceedance.

Attributes
ACN	339027
Time
Date	199606
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	339027
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Pressure to continue resulted in an over-duty time situation, followed by a letter citing a violation. The delay was a result of extremely poor maintenance which was never resolved.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNRESOLVABLE MAINT PROBS LED TO A B747 FLC'S DUTY TIME EXCEEDANCE.

Narrative: PRESSURE TO CONTINUE RESULTED IN AN OVER-DUTY TIME SIT, FOLLOWED BY A LETTER CITING A VIOLATION. THE DELAY WAS A RESULT OF EXTREMELY POOR MAINT WHICH WAS NEVER RESOLVED.

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.