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A G159 PIC reports of having to fly his aircraft with 19 open items that company told him not to write up in the logbook at ZZZ, us.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 559666 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200209 |
| Day | Fri |
| 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 taxi |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 559666 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 3 |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Operation of aircraft with unsafe aircraft equipment, such as no TCASII, over-temping of engines, no DME, numerous electrical problems, no transponder. Forced to fly this aircraft under the threat of termination. Forced to exceed duty time limitations. Told not to write up maintenance discrepancies in flight record under the threat of termination. Enclosed maintenance discrepancies write-ups that I was forced to fly with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A G159 PIC RPTS OF HAVING TO FLY HIS ACFT WITH 19 OPEN ITEMS THAT COMPANY TOLD HIM NOT TO WRITE UP IN THE LOGBOOK AT ZZZ, US.
Narrative: OP OF ACFT WITH UNSAFE ACFT EQUIP, SUCH AS NO TCASII, OVER-TEMPING OF ENGS, NO DME, NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBS, NO XPONDER. FORCED TO FLY THIS ACFT UNDER THE THREAT OF TERMINATION. FORCED TO EXCEED DUTY TIME LIMITATIONS. TOLD NOT TO WRITE UP MAINT DISCREPANCIES IN FLT RECORD UNDER THE THREAT OF TERMINATION. ENCLOSED MAINT DISCREPANCIES WRITE-UPS THAT I WAS FORCED TO FLY WITH.
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.