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A C421 went 20 hours overtime on a required airworthiness directive recurring 600 hour fuel cell system inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 412910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Golden Eagle 421 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 9100 flight time type : 110 |
| ASRS Report | 412910 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Recurring airworthiness directive note on fuel cell system on C421 due every 600 hours. I was unaware of this airworthiness directive note. We exceeded the hours by +20 hours. Shop missed this but caught the problem on 50 hour inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C421 WENT 20 HRS OVERTIME ON A REQUIRED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE RECURRING 600 HR FUEL CELL SYS INSPECTION.
Narrative: RECURRING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE NOTE ON FUEL CELL SYS ON C421 DUE EVERY 600 HRS. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE NOTE. WE EXCEEDED THE HRS BY +20 HRS. SHOP MISSED THIS BUT CAUGHT THE PROB ON 50 HR INSPECTION.
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.