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2 flight crew's and ground crews miss the removal of 1 of the engine inlet plugs on their P&west 123B engines on the dhc-8 at phx, az.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 543080 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : eri.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 543080 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 543145 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 gnd crew #2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
An engine inlet plug was left in aircraft (a dash 8). It was the 4TH sortie of the day when I flew it on a round trip to yuma from phx. It was not observable on preflight and no abnormal engine indications were observed. It was found by a later flight when engine indications appeared abnormal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 2 FLC'S AND GND CREWS MISS THE REMOVAL OF 1 OF THE ENG INLET PLUGS ON THEIR P&W 123B ENGS ON THE DHC-8 AT PHX, AZ.
Narrative: AN ENG INLET PLUG WAS LEFT IN ACFT (A DASH 8). IT WAS THE 4TH SORTIE OF THE DAY WHEN I FLEW IT ON A ROUND TRIP TO YUMA FROM PHX. IT WAS NOT OBSERVABLE ON PREFLT AND NO ABNORMAL ENG INDICATIONS WERE OBSERVED. IT WAS FOUND BY A LATER FLT WHEN ENG INDICATIONS APPEARED ABNORMAL.
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.