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A bell 412 when required inspection times were changed from manufacturer's schedule to a contract schedule it resulted in a required zone check discovered 1589 hours overdue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 461747 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Bell Helicopter 412 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 461747 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 461613 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maintenance Manual Inspection Time |
Narrative:
During an aircraft audit performed by our inspections/records department, it was discovered that when this aircraft was converted to a contract zone inspection (aug/xa/96) the zone 7 was not completed. Log page wxxx states zone 7 inspection due at 7919.0. However, inspections/records department computer run indicated zone 7 due at 10463.7. This discrepancy resulted in the overflying of zone 7 inspection by 1589.7 hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BELL 412 WHEN REQUIRED INSPECTION TIMES WERE CHANGED FROM MANUFACTURER'S SCHEDULE TO A CONTRACT SCHEDULE IT RESULTED IN A REQUIRED ZONE CHK DISCOVERED 1589 HRS OVERDUE.
Narrative: DURING AN ACFT AUDIT PERFORMED BY OUR INSPECTIONS/RECORDS DEPT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THIS ACFT WAS CONVERTED TO A CONTRACT ZONE INSPECTION (AUG/XA/96) THE ZONE 7 WAS NOT COMPLETED. LOG PAGE WXXX STATES ZONE 7 INSPECTION DUE AT 7919.0. HOWEVER, INSPECTIONS/RECORDS DEPT COMPUTER RUN INDICATED ZONE 7 DUE AT 10463.7. THIS DISCREPANCY RESULTED IN THE OVERFLYING OF ZONE 7 INSPECTION BY 1589.7 HRS.
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.