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Captain of a B737 discovers during preflight inspection of aircraft logbook that the aircraft had flown previous flts when it did not have an airworthiness release for a previous lightning strike repair.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445620 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | 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 : 13000 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 445620 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : aircraft logbook other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On preflight of logbook, there was a write-up of possible bird strike. This write-up was about 8 log pages before my flight. When the maintenance write-up was signed off by mechanic stating no bird strike was found but a lightning strike was found on the rear of the aircraft and repaired. This was signed off but there was not a new airworthiness release signed off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737 DISCOVERS DURING PREFLT INSPECTION OF ACFT LOGBOOK THAT THE ACFT HAD FLOWN PREVIOUS FLTS WHEN IT DID NOT HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE FOR A PREVIOUS LIGHTNING STRIKE REPAIR.
Narrative: ON PREFLT OF LOGBOOK, THERE WAS A WRITE-UP OF POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE. THIS WRITE-UP WAS ABOUT 8 LOG PAGES BEFORE MY FLT. WHEN THE MAINT WRITE-UP WAS SIGNED OFF BY MECH STATING NO BIRD STRIKE WAS FOUND BUT A LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS FOUND ON THE REAR OF THE ACFT AND REPAIRED. THIS WAS SIGNED OFF BUT THERE WAS NOT A NEW AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE SIGNED OFF.
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.