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An unlisted manufacturer helicopter was operated beyond the 50 hour manufacturer's inspection requirement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 370355 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 370355 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
50 hour inspection, required by manufacturer's inspection requirement manual, section XXX, page Y, overflown by 3.4 hours. Inspection has since been performed. Reason for inspection overfly: insufficient turnover/delegation of monitoring the aircraft flying times. Since then, a formal turnover/review has been implemented.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN UNLISTED MANUFACTURER HELI WAS OPERATED BEYOND THE 50 HR MANUFACTURER'S INSPECTION REQUIREMENT.
Narrative: 50 HR INSPECTION, REQUIRED BY MANUFACTURER'S INSPECTION REQUIREMENT MANUAL, SECTION XXX, PAGE Y, OVERFLOWN BY 3.4 HRS. INSPECTION HAS SINCE BEEN PERFORMED. REASON FOR INSPECTION OVERFLY: INSUFFICIENT TURNOVER/DELEGATION OF MONITORING THE ACFT FLYING TIMES. SINCE THEN, A FORMAL TURNOVER/REVIEW HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
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.