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FAA inspector on en route surveillance inspection noted, during preflight, that the aircraft temporary registration certificate was expired and the airworthiness certificate missing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483610 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : iad.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time total : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 483610 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : acft required documents other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During preflight of our aircraft for flight, an FAA asi was riding our jump seat discovered an expired temporary certificate of aircraft registration which he brought to my attention. We got our maintenance control, line maintenance, and dispatch involved to research and solve this occurrence. Further investigation showed that the permanent aircraft certificate of registration was in fact in a holder on the aircraft but the airworthiness certificate was actually missing. So this aircraft had been operating without the standard airworthiness certificate onboard. What I think may have happened was that when the permanent aircraft certificate of registration was placed on the aircraft to replace the temporary aircraft certificate of registration, that possibly the standard airworthiness certificate was removed by mistake instead leaving the expired temporary aircraft registration and the newly installed permanent aircraft registration.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAA INSPECTOR ON ENRTE SURVEILLANCE INSPECTION NOTED, DURING PREFLT, THAT THE ACFT TEMPORARY REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED AND THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE MISSING.
Narrative: DURING PREFLT OF OUR ACFT FOR FLT, AN FAA ASI WAS RIDING OUR JUMP SEAT DISCOVERED AN EXPIRED TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF ACFT REGISTRATION WHICH HE BROUGHT TO MY ATTN. WE GOT OUR MAINT CTL, LINE MAINT, AND DISPATCH INVOLVED TO RESEARCH AND SOLVE THIS OCCURRENCE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE PERMANENT ACFT CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION WAS IN FACT IN A HOLDER ON THE ACFT BUT THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS ACTUALLY MISSING. SO THIS ACFT HAD BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT THE STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ONBOARD. WHAT I THINK MAY HAVE HAPPENED WAS THAT WHEN THE PERMANENT ACFT CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION WAS PLACED ON THE ACFT TO REPLACE THE TEMPORARY ACFT CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION, THAT POSSIBLY THE STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS REMOVED BY MISTAKE INSTEAD LEAVING THE EXPIRED TEMPORARY ACFT REGISTRATION AND THE NEWLY INSTALLED PERMANENT ACFT REGISTRATION.
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.