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An A319 PIC's report on accepting his aircraft in ZZZ with a dent behind the main cabin door that was later determined to be out of limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| 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 : cfi pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 513670 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : gate agent 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
Narrative:
Gate agent in ZZZ saw small dent behind main cabin door. Called contract maintenance. Contract maintenance inspected dent and called maintenance in zza. Maintenance told contract maintenance that if we had not written it up in aircraft maintenance logbook to fly aircraft back to zza. In zza, maintenance said dent was out of limits and I flew an unairworthy aircraft. Contract maintenance didn't think dent was out of limits. Maintenance should have described limits to contract maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A319 PIC'S RPT ON ACCEPTING HIS ACFT IN ZZZ WITH A DENT BEHIND THE MAIN CABIN DOOR THAT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE OUT OF LIMITS.
Narrative: GATE AGENT IN ZZZ SAW SMALL DENT BEHIND MAIN CABIN DOOR. CALLED CONTRACT MAINT. CONTRACT MAINT INSPECTED DENT AND CALLED MAINT IN ZZA. MAINT TOLD CONTRACT MAINT THAT IF WE HAD NOT WRITTEN IT UP IN ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK TO FLY ACFT BACK TO ZZA. IN ZZA, MAINT SAID DENT WAS OUT OF LIMITS AND I FLEW AN UNAIRWORTHY ACFT. CONTRACT MAINT DIDN'T THINK DENT WAS OUT OF LIMITS. MAINT SHOULD HAVE DESCRIBED LIMITS TO CONTRACT MAINT.
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.