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A cessna 172 was operated for 10 hours in non compliance with the propeller spinner and backing plate removed in conflict with the MEL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 546717 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200205 |
| Day | Sat |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 546717 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Didn't check MEL. Deferred and operated till new backing plate arrived. Aircraft released for service without propeller backing plate and spinner.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CESSNA 172 WAS OPERATED FOR 10 HRS IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROP SPINNER AND BACKING PLATE REMOVED IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL.
Narrative: DIDN'T CHK MEL. DEFERRED AND OPERATED TILL NEW BACKING PLATE ARRIVED. ACFT RELEASED FOR SVC WITHOUT PROP BACKING PLATE AND SPINNER.
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.