<< >> NASA ASRS Report 464570, February 2000

An agusta 109 helicopter during an annual inspection was found to be in non compliance due to time limit expiration for an airworthiness directive.

Attributes
ACN	464570
Time
Date	200002
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	A109
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	maintenance : inspector
Qualification	technician : inspection authority technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance technician : 36
ASRS Report	464570
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : non availability of parts performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance FAA Company
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Fuel controls on this twin engine helicopter part number wxyz had an airworthiness directive compliance due aug/mon/99. Because of unavailability of parts, the chicago FAA certification office has already extended this airworthiness directive 180 days from sep/wed/99 by part number and serial number of units. These fuel controls were never officially extended by serial number. An extension has been sent in feb/tue/00 and will be granted because of unavailability of parts, airworthiness directive 98-24-28. Since sep/wed/99 the helicopter has only flown 2 hours in sep/99 till today feb/tue/00. Discrepancy found on annual inspection.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AGUSTA 109 HELI DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS FOUND TO BE IN NON COMPLIANCE DUE TO TIME LIMIT EXPIRATION FOR AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE.

Narrative: FUEL CTLS ON THIS TWIN ENG HELI PART NUMBER WXYZ HAD AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE DUE AUG/MON/99. BECAUSE OF UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS, THE CHICAGO FAA CERTIFICATION OFFICE HAS ALREADY EXTENDED THIS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 180 DAYS FROM SEP/WED/99 BY PART NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER OF UNITS. THESE FUEL CTLS WERE NEVER OFFICIALLY EXTENDED BY SERIAL NUMBER. AN EXTENSION HAS BEEN SENT IN FEB/TUE/00 AND WILL BE GRANTED BECAUSE OF UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 98-24-28. SINCE SEP/WED/99 THE HELI HAS ONLY FLOWN 2 HRS IN SEP/99 TILL TODAY FEB/TUE/00. DISCREPANCY FOUND ON ANNUAL 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.