Narrative:

Myself, the chief pilot, and technician witnessed an engine overtemp light while performing an engine thrust run at maximum power. The chief pilot was at the controls and all 3 of us witnessed the illumination of the overtemp light on the left engine of aircraft. I was asked by the chief pilot if the flcs would witness an overtemp light under flight conditions with water augmentation. I told him probably not, and he instructed me to not write it up because he needed the aircraft on line. It was not written up. I was told to release the aircraft and, as of aug/fri/02, the aircraft has not been repaired. It is still flying, and the condition is not entered in the aircraft logbook. The director of maintenance was told by me, witnessed by technician, that the outside air temperature cannon plug was broken and had been latched together with .025 safety wire. It was not written up or corrected until aug/thu/02 by technician. Both myself and technician were told not to write it up because we had no parts and that it would ground the aircraft. Advised general manager, director of maintenance, director of operations of engine overtemp issue on left engine. Was told to ignore it, still not in aircraft logbook. Advised director of maintenance of pending failure of hydraulic pump on right engine on aircraft. No pump in ZZZ, was told not to write it up. Advised director of operations of now dangerous condition on aircraft overtemp problems on left engine and bad hydraulic pump on right engine. Was ignored. Still not written up, still not repaired.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CONVAIR 640 ON MAX PWR ENG RUN CHK, HAD AN OVERTEMP WARNING LIGHT FOR THE LENG. MGMNT DID NOT ALLOW THE ITEM TO BE WRITTEN UP FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION.

Narrative: MYSELF, THE CHIEF PLT, AND TECHNICIAN WITNESSED AN ENG OVERTEMP LIGHT WHILE PERFORMING AN ENG THRUST RUN AT MAX PWR. THE CHIEF PLT WAS AT THE CTLS AND ALL 3 OF US WITNESSED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE OVERTEMP LIGHT ON THE L ENG OF ACFT. I WAS ASKED BY THE CHIEF PLT IF THE FLCS WOULD WITNESS AN OVERTEMP LIGHT UNDER FLT CONDITIONS WITH WATER AUGMENTATION. I TOLD HIM PROBABLY NOT, AND HE INSTRUCTED ME TO NOT WRITE IT UP BECAUSE HE NEEDED THE ACFT ON LINE. IT WAS NOT WRITTEN UP. I WAS TOLD TO RELEASE THE ACFT AND, AS OF AUG/FRI/02, THE ACFT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. IT IS STILL FLYING, AND THE CONDITION IS NOT ENTERED IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINT WAS TOLD BY ME, WITNESSED BY TECHNICIAN, THAT THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMP CANNON PLUG WAS BROKEN AND HAD BEEN LATCHED TOGETHER WITH .025 SAFETY WIRE. IT WAS NOT WRITTEN UP OR CORRECTED UNTIL AUG/THU/02 BY TECHNICIAN. BOTH MYSELF AND TECHNICIAN WERE TOLD NOT TO WRITE IT UP BECAUSE WE HAD NO PARTS AND THAT IT WOULD GND THE ACFT. ADVISED GENERAL MGR, DIRECTOR OF MAINT, DIRECTOR OF OPS OF ENG OVERTEMP ISSUE ON L ENG. WAS TOLD TO IGNORE IT, STILL NOT IN ACFT LOGBOOK. ADVISED DIRECTOR OF MAINT OF PENDING FAILURE OF HYD PUMP ON R ENG ON ACFT. NO PUMP IN ZZZ, WAS TOLD NOT TO WRITE IT UP. ADVISED DIRECTOR OF OPS OF NOW DANGEROUS CONDITION ON ACFT OVERTEMP PROBS ON L ENG AND BAD HYD PUMP ON R ENG. WAS IGNORED. STILL NOT WRITTEN UP, STILL NOT REPAIRED.

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.