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CL65 crew was told by air carrier maintenance controller their aircraft was not equipped with a missing cover. The crew notes an identical aircraft at the destination had the cover in question.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 534563 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cyow.airport |
| State Reference | ON |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 15422 flight time type : 2470 |
| ASRS Report | 534563 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
When we dutied in after the overnight, ramp agents informed us the aircraft was missing a cover over the low pressure air inlet. We called maintenance and after 10-15 mins research they told me that our aircraft were not equipped with this cover. We departed and on arriving at our home base checked another aircraft and found the cover is installed. Later we learned it is an item covered in the MEL requiring a visual inspection and flight below 25000 ft, neither of which we knew about prior to our flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CL65 CREW WAS TOLD BY ACR MAINT CTLR THEIR ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MISSING COVER. THE CREW NOTES AN IDENTICAL ACFT AT THE DEST HAD THE COVER IN QUESTION.
Narrative: WHEN WE DUTIED IN AFTER THE OVERNIGHT, RAMP AGENTS INFORMED US THE ACFT WAS MISSING A COVER OVER THE LOW PRESSURE AIR INLET. WE CALLED MAINT AND AFTER 10-15 MINS RESEARCH THEY TOLD ME THAT OUR ACFT WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH THIS COVER. WE DEPARTED AND ON ARRIVING AT OUR HOME BASE CHKED ANOTHER ACFT AND FOUND THE COVER IS INSTALLED. LATER WE LEARNED IT IS AN ITEM COVERED IN THE MEL REQUIRING A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FLT BELOW 25000 FT, NEITHER OF WHICH WE KNEW ABOUT PRIOR TO OUR FLT.
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.