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A private pilot was advised by maintenance personnel after a flight that the aircraft had been operated past the mandatory compliance time for accomplishing an airworthiness directive.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 482590 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 226 flight time type : 53 |
| ASRS Report | 482590 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On a personal pleasure flight, no irregularities were noted. However, I was notified by an officer of the flying club which owns said aircraft that an airworthiness directive requiring replacement of the oil filter had likely expired, invalidating the aircraft's airworthiness certificate, until such a time as the oil filter could be replaced. At the time the airworthiness directive compliance infraction was detected, the aircraft had already flown 18 hours past the stipulated filter change time, making it likely that it had expired prior to my flight on said date. The airworthiness directive time was discovered during a ramp check when another club member was preparing for his CFI check ride.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PVT PLT WAS ADVISED BY MAINT PERSONNEL AFTER A FLT THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN OPERATED PAST THE MANDATORY COMPLIANCE TIME FOR ACCOMPLISHING AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE.
Narrative: ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLT, NO IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTED. HOWEVER, I WAS NOTIFIED BY AN OFFICER OF THE FLYING CLUB WHICH OWNS SAID ACFT THAT AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE OIL FILTER HAD LIKELY EXPIRED, INVALIDATING THE ACFT'S AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS THE OIL FILTER COULD BE REPLACED. AT THE TIME THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE INFRACTION WAS DETECTED, THE ACFT HAD ALREADY FLOWN 18 HRS PAST THE STIPULATED FILTER CHANGE TIME, MAKING IT LIKELY THAT IT HAD EXPIRED PRIOR TO MY FLT ON SAID DATE. THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE TIME WAS DISCOVERED DURING A RAMP CHK WHEN ANOTHER CLUB MEMBER WAS PREPARING FOR HIS CFI CHK RIDE.
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.