<< >> NASA ASRS Report 523650, August 2001

A CL65 pilot faults himself for not catching the error maintenance made swapping the maintenance log between 2 airplanes during outstation overnight maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	523650
Time
Date	200108
Day	Tue
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
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 419
ASRS Report	523650
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

I was informed that I had been a crew member on an aircraft that had flown without the correct maintenance information, maintenance release and flight time logs. I had no knowledge of this occurrence until now. The previous night, 2 company aircraft flew into the outstation where they would stay until morning. These aircraft had very similar call signs. Maintenance was performed overnight and the maintenance personnel accidentally swapped the maintenance log between the 2 aircraft. Neither myself nor my captain, nor the other crew, caught this mistake. Therefore, although we checked the log for the proper documentation, it was not the correct information for our aircraft. This was a problem that started with maintenance, but should have stopped with us. We should have been more thorough in the review of our documents and not assumed that the correct log was on the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 PLT FAULTS HIMSELF FOR NOT CATCHING THE ERROR MAINT MADE SWAPPING THE MAINT LOG BTWN 2 AIRPLANES DURING OUTSTATION OVERNIGHT MAINT.

Narrative: I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD BEEN A CREW MEMBER ON AN ACFT THAT HAD FLOWN WITHOUT THE CORRECT MAINT INFO, MAINT RELEASE AND FLT TIME LOGS. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS OCCURRENCE UNTIL NOW. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, 2 COMPANY ACFT FLEW INTO THE OUTSTATION WHERE THEY WOULD STAY UNTIL MORNING. THESE ACFT HAD VERY SIMILAR CALL SIGNS. MAINT WAS PERFORMED OVERNIGHT AND THE MAINT PERSONNEL ACCIDENTALLY SWAPPED THE MAINT LOG BTWN THE 2 ACFT. NEITHER MYSELF NOR MY CAPT, NOR THE OTHER CREW, CAUGHT THIS MISTAKE. THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH WE CHKED THE LOG FOR THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, IT WAS NOT THE CORRECT INFO FOR OUR ACFT. THIS WAS A PROB THAT STARTED WITH MAINT, BUT SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH US. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THOROUGH IN THE REVIEW OF OUR DOCUMENTS AND NOT ASSUMED THAT THE CORRECT LOG WAS ON THE ACFT.

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.