Narrative:

I am a check airman for our company. During my preflight in the morning at brl, I found our aircraft to be airworthy. When we arrived in stl, we were met by an FAA inspector there to give my 'captain' (he is on IOE) a line check. As is normal, the FAA inspector preflted the aircraft first. My concern is that he found a couple of items, that we correctly inspected in brl, that he may try and say were broken prior to flying into stl. The items are as follows: 1) seat missing 'fasten seatbelt' placard -- passenger pick these off quite often. 2) left engine had 2 missing screws -- not uncommon for a screw or 2 to work themselves loose or out while in-flight. 3) loose zeus fastener on left cau -- same as above. 4) missing placard on right main gear door -- the night prior, we had maintenance install a new placard. That night, on arriving in brl, we postflted the aircraft and noticed it was still attached. Therefore, leaving us to believe that it must have fallen off that morning on the way to stl. 5) door seal on the airframe missing a piece -- we feel this must have come off aircraft when the ramp opened the door in stl. We believe this because the seal had many 'gooped' up spots with silicone attaching the door seal pieces. As I said, my concern is that items that do break often, are being implied that there was no way for this to happen just that morning. What do you expect for a 13000+ hour airplane with poor maintenance. Things break.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BA3200 JETSTREAM PIC IS WRITTEN UP BY AN ACI AFTER A WALKAROUND INSPECTION DISCOVERS NUMEROUS MISC ITEMS OF ACFT EQUIP ARE MISSING. THE RPTR INSINUATES POOR MAINT CTL ON ACR AND ACFT AGE AS BEING THE CULPRIT.

Narrative: I AM A CHK AIRMAN FOR OUR COMPANY. DURING MY PREFLT IN THE MORNING AT BRL, I FOUND OUR ACFT TO BE AIRWORTHY. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN STL, WE WERE MET BY AN FAA INSPECTOR THERE TO GIVE MY 'CAPT' (HE IS ON IOE) A LINE CHK. AS IS NORMAL, THE FAA INSPECTOR PREFLTED THE ACFT FIRST. MY CONCERN IS THAT HE FOUND A COUPLE OF ITEMS, THAT WE CORRECTLY INSPECTED IN BRL, THAT HE MAY TRY AND SAY WERE BROKEN PRIOR TO FLYING INTO STL. THE ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) SEAT MISSING 'FASTEN SEATBELT' PLACARD -- PAX PICK THESE OFF QUITE OFTEN. 2) L ENG HAD 2 MISSING SCREWS -- NOT UNCOMMON FOR A SCREW OR 2 TO WORK THEMSELVES LOOSE OR OUT WHILE INFLT. 3) LOOSE ZEUS FASTENER ON L CAU -- SAME AS ABOVE. 4) MISSING PLACARD ON R MAIN GEAR DOOR -- THE NIGHT PRIOR, WE HAD MAINT INSTALL A NEW PLACARD. THAT NIGHT, ON ARRIVING IN BRL, WE POSTFLTED THE ACFT AND NOTICED IT WAS STILL ATTACHED. THEREFORE, LEAVING US TO BELIEVE THAT IT MUST HAVE FALLEN OFF THAT MORNING ON THE WAY TO STL. 5) DOOR SEAL ON THE AIRFRAME MISSING A PIECE -- WE FEEL THIS MUST HAVE COME OFF ACFT WHEN THE RAMP OPENED THE DOOR IN STL. WE BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE THE SEAL HAD MANY 'GOOPED' UP SPOTS WITH SILICONE ATTACHING THE DOOR SEAL PIECES. AS I SAID, MY CONCERN IS THAT ITEMS THAT DO BREAK OFTEN, ARE BEING IMPLIED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN JUST THAT MORNING. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR A 13000+ HR AIRPLANE WITH POOR MAINT. THINGS BREAK.

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.