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On a hawker 125-700 on ground check it was found to be missing 1 of 4 main cabin door locating locking pins.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388306 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | HS 125 Series 700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 388306 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical 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 | other |
Narrative:
We put a hawker in service 6 months ago. This week, I and another company captain were flying this aircraft. Upon return to home base the other captain, as he began to lower the door, noticed that something didn't look right. We closely examined the door and to our astonishment 1 of 4 locating/locking pins was broken off and painted over. This aircraft had a prepurchase inspection at a hawker service center, major maintenance at another service center, paint at a third maintenance shop, a conformity check by the FAA, several in-house inspections, a preflight inspection by ground support personnel on an average of 3 flts per week, and secondary preflts by flcs on each of these flts. Aircraft was repaired and returned to service. I fly the aircraft at least monthly and hindsight being 20/20 I noticed that the door did not close cleanly as other same aircraft do and I thought I was inspecting the perimeter of the door thoroughly on my preflts but I never saw it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON A HAWKER 125-700 ON GND CHK IT WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING 1 OF 4 MAIN CABIN DOOR LOCATING LOCKING PINS.
Narrative: WE PUT A HAWKER IN SVC 6 MONTHS AGO. THIS WK, I AND ANOTHER COMPANY CAPT WERE FLYING THIS ACFT. UPON RETURN TO HOME BASE THE OTHER CAPT, AS HE BEGAN TO LOWER THE DOOR, NOTICED THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. WE CLOSELY EXAMINED THE DOOR AND TO OUR ASTONISHMENT 1 OF 4 LOCATING/LOCKING PINS WAS BROKEN OFF AND PAINTED OVER. THIS ACFT HAD A PREPURCHASE INSPECTION AT A HAWKER SVC CTR, MAJOR MAINT AT ANOTHER SVC CTR, PAINT AT A THIRD MAINT SHOP, A CONFORMITY CHK BY THE FAA, SEVERAL IN-HOUSE INSPECTIONS, A PREFLT INSPECTION BY GND SUPPORT PERSONNEL ON AN AVERAGE OF 3 FLTS PER WK, AND SECONDARY PREFLTS BY FLCS ON EACH OF THESE FLTS. ACFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SVC. I FLY THE ACFT AT LEAST MONTHLY AND HINDSIGHT BEING 20/20 I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT CLOSE CLEANLY AS OTHER SAME ACFT DO AND I THOUGHT I WAS INSPECTING THE PERIMETER OF THE DOOR THOROUGHLY ON MY PREFLTS BUT I NEVER SAW IT.
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.