<< >> NASA ASRS Report 379000, August 1997

DC10 flight crew accepts the aircraft after maintenance actions performed before departure. Cargo doors closed manually but that action not listed in logbook. Item is an MEL action related area but was not addressed by maintenance in log. Crew discovered error en route.

Attributes
ACN	379000
Time
Date	199708
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	379000
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 2300
ASRS Report	378942
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Location: jfk at gate. Upon entering the aircraft, maintenance was working on the plane and there was an open item -- 1 of 3 -- yet to be signed off. Maintenance advised us that they would have to manually close the cargo doors by jumping a 3 phase circuit breaker and would notify down-line station maintenance of their action. When I received the logbook from maintenance, I checked to see that all items were signed off but, because it was departure time and the doors were shut, I did not read the items signed off but only checked to make sure all items were signed off. It was not discovered until later in the flight that maintenance never entered the problem with the cargo doors in the logbook, or what action they took. Next time I will take the time to read and understand the open items that maintenance signs off and correlate their action with what is in the logbook.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 FLC ACCEPTS THE ACFT AFTER MAINT ACTIONS PERFORMED BEFORE DEP. CARGO DOORS CLOSED MANUALLY BUT THAT ACTION NOT LISTED IN LOGBOOK. ITEM IS AN MEL ACTION RELATED AREA BUT WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY MAINT IN LOG. CREW DISCOVERED ERROR ENRTE.

Narrative: LOCATION: JFK AT GATE. UPON ENTERING THE ACFT, MAINT WAS WORKING ON THE PLANE AND THERE WAS AN OPEN ITEM -- 1 OF 3 -- YET TO BE SIGNED OFF. MAINT ADVISED US THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE CARGO DOORS BY JUMPING A 3 PHASE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND WOULD NOTIFY DOWN-LINE STATION MAINT OF THEIR ACTION. WHEN I RECEIVED THE LOGBOOK FROM MAINT, I CHKED TO SEE THAT ALL ITEMS WERE SIGNED OFF BUT, BECAUSE IT WAS DEP TIME AND THE DOORS WERE SHUT, I DID NOT READ THE ITEMS SIGNED OFF BUT ONLY CHKED TO MAKE SURE ALL ITEMS WERE SIGNED OFF. IT WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL LATER IN THE FLT THAT MAINT NEVER ENTERED THE PROB WITH THE CARGO DOORS IN THE LOGBOOK, OR WHAT ACTION THEY TOOK. NEXT TIME I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE OPEN ITEMS THAT MAINT SIGNS OFF AND CORRELATE THEIR ACTION WITH WHAT IS IN THE LOGBOOK.

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.