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A fokker 100 departed with left wing aileron tab skin damaged and reported in the air to the inbound maintenance station.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 506573 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 36 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 506573 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On mar/xa/01 aircraft xyz was scheduled on flight abc from ZZZ to XXX. While the aircraft was still in the air, we received a radio message that there was a 'tiny hole left underside of tab of aileron.' the crew obviously were aware of this prior to departure yet flew the aircraft anyway. I feel this is a very unsafe practice since the aircraft was taken OTS after inspection at ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FOKKER 100 DEPARTED WITH L WING AILERON TAB SKIN DAMAGED AND RPTED IN THE AIR TO THE INBOUND MAINT STATION.
Narrative: ON MAR/XA/01 ACFT XYZ WAS SCHEDULED ON FLT ABC FROM ZZZ TO XXX. WHILE THE ACFT WAS STILL IN THE AIR, WE RECEIVED A RADIO MESSAGE THAT THERE WAS A 'TINY HOLE L UNDERSIDE OF TAB OF AILERON.' THE CREW OBVIOUSLY WERE AWARE OF THIS PRIOR TO DEP YET FLEW THE ACFT ANYWAY. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PRACTICE SINCE THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS AFTER INSPECTION AT ZZZ.
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.