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A captain reports that tape used to cover uncured aerodynamic sealant after a windshield replacement is unsafe and distracting.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 508503 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 135 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 16400 flight time type : 1230 |
| ASRS Report | 508503 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : weather contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MAINT MANUAL |
Narrative:
Aircraft xyz has silver speed tape around captain's windshield. Maintenance item control sheet reflects such. Aircraft history shows multiple write-ups regarding windshield seal and several fixes. A couple of days ago, the speed tape around first officer's windshield came off and was ingested by #2 engine. This aircraft still flies around with speed tape, and reflects tape on captain's/first officer's windshield, while tape is only on captain's windshield. Our fleet of emb jets has several aircraft flying around with speed tape around windshield seams. All legal per company authority/authorized. How can this be? This practice is unsafe. An FAA maintenance safety inspector flew with us. We discussed all this in detail.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CAPT RPTS THAT TAPE USED TO COVER UNCURED AERODYNAMIC SEALANT AFTER A WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT IS UNSAFE AND DISTRACTING.
Narrative: ACFT XYZ HAS SILVER SPD TAPE AROUND CAPT'S WINDSHIELD. MAINT ITEM CTL SHEET REFLECTS SUCH. ACFT HISTORY SHOWS MULTIPLE WRITE-UPS REGARDING WINDSHIELD SEAL AND SEVERAL FIXES. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE SPD TAPE AROUND FO'S WINDSHIELD CAME OFF AND WAS INGESTED BY #2 ENG. THIS ACFT STILL FLIES AROUND WITH SPD TAPE, AND REFLECTS TAPE ON CAPT'S/FO'S WINDSHIELD, WHILE TAPE IS ONLY ON CAPT'S WINDSHIELD. OUR FLEET OF EMB JETS HAS SEVERAL ACFT FLYING AROUND WITH SPD TAPE AROUND WINDSHIELD SEAMS. ALL LEGAL PER COMPANY AUTH. HOW CAN THIS BE? THIS PRACTICE IS UNSAFE. AN FAA MAINT SAFETY INSPECTOR FLEW WITH US. WE DISCUSSED ALL THIS IN DETAIL.
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.