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A B727-100 was dispatched in non compliance with the turbine engine lap seal inspection not accomplished and out of time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 440238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 440238 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight was operated as air carrier wxz, a revenue trip from cvg to ewr. Some hours after arriving at ewr, I was called by air carrier crew scheduling and informed that the aircraft was down for maintenance and I would not be flying out that evening. I then called air carrier maintenance control to inquire about the nature of the problem and was informed that the aircraft (xyz) had recently come out of a heavy 'D' check and that the 'lap seal' inspection had not been accomplished and signed off. My concern is that I had operated an airplane that was not 'legal' to fly although I had received and signed a release that indicated that the airplane was legal and released as airworthy by aircraft maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-100 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE TURBINE ENG LAP SEAL INSPECTION NOT ACCOMPLISHED AND OUT OF TIME.
Narrative: FLT WAS OPERATED AS ACR WXZ, A REVENUE TRIP FROM CVG TO EWR. SOME HRS AFTER ARRIVING AT EWR, I WAS CALLED BY ACR CREW SCHEDULING AND INFORMED THAT THE ACFT WAS DOWN FOR MAINT AND I WOULD NOT BE FLYING OUT THAT EVENING. I THEN CALLED ACR MAINT CTL TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PROB AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ACFT (XYZ) HAD RECENTLY COME OUT OF A HVY 'D' CHK AND THAT THE 'LAP SEAL' INSPECTION HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND SIGNED OFF. MY CONCERN IS THAT I HAD OPERATED AN AIRPLANE THAT WAS NOT 'LEGAL' TO FLY ALTHOUGH I HAD RECEIVED AND SIGNED A RELEASE THAT INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS LEGAL AND RELEASED AS AIRWORTHY BY ACFT MAINT.
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.