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An air carrier MD80, super 80 captain reports that maintenance personnel had accused him of making an unjustified entry in the maintenance log. He said that the engine did perform as reported and furthermore had a history of doing so. It has now been repaired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363211 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 363211 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Dfw chief pilot contacted me at home and informed me that maintenance said that I entered discrepancies in E-6 just to have aircraft taken OTS. After a few days, I looked up the maintenance history of the aircraft. Maintenance found same discrepancies of excessively low engine RPM and then replaced the fuel control on both engines. I was not the only captain to log low engine RPM. It was a repeat write-up. The captain is the last line of defense in the safety chain. Under no circumstances will I be intimidated or harassed into flying an unsafe aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MD80, SUPER 80 CAPT RPTS THAT MAINT PERSONNEL HAD ACCUSED HIM OF MAKING AN UNJUSTIFIED ENTRY IN THE MAINT LOG. HE SAID THAT THE ENG DID PERFORM AS RPTED AND FURTHERMORE HAD A HISTORY OF DOING SO. IT HAS NOW BEEN REPAIRED.
Narrative: DFW CHIEF PLT CONTACTED ME AT HOME AND INFORMED ME THAT MAINT SAID THAT I ENTERED DISCREPANCIES IN E-6 JUST TO HAVE ACFT TAKEN OTS. AFTER A FEW DAYS, I LOOKED UP THE MAINT HISTORY OF THE ACFT. MAINT FOUND SAME DISCREPANCIES OF EXCESSIVELY LOW ENG RPM AND THEN REPLACED THE FUEL CTL ON BOTH ENGS. I WAS NOT THE ONLY CAPT TO LOG LOW ENG RPM. IT WAS A REPEAT WRITE-UP. THE CAPT IS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IN THE SAFETY CHAIN. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I BE INTIMIDATED OR HARASSED INTO FLYING AN UNSAFE 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.