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A C180 pilot-owner reported maintenance discrepancies found by an FAA inspector during his request for a new airworthiness certificate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 586496 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 14 flight time total : 3596 flight time type : 54 |
| ASRS Report | 586496 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Purchased 1955 C180 from a CFI/ia owner in aug of 2002. Had a pre-purchase inspection performed by an independent ia, which was essentially clean. Annual was jun 2002. Delivered to my mechanic for annual jun 2003. Had contacted FAA for replacement airworthiness certificate, since original certificate was worn, torn, and outmoded. Discovered numerous unairworthy items during annual which were probably also discovered by FAA operations inspector during inspection for airworthiness certificate. All are being corrected before flight. Some at least, missing instrument limitation markings, missing stops on seat tracks, should clearly have been recognized by previous pilot/owner. Moral: cannot rely on ia even though this is an area where a pilot feels pretty helpless.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C180 PLT-OWNER RPTED MAINT DISCREPANCIES FOUND BY AN FAA INSPECTOR DURING HIS REQUEST FOR A NEW AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE.
Narrative: PURCHASED 1955 C180 FROM A CFI/IA OWNER IN AUG OF 2002. HAD A PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT IA, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY CLEAN. ANNUAL WAS JUN 2002. DELIVERED TO MY MECH FOR ANNUAL JUN 2003. HAD CONTACTED FAA FOR REPLACEMENT AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, SINCE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE WAS WORN, TORN, AND OUTMODED. DISCOVERED NUMEROUS UNAIRWORTHY ITEMS DURING ANNUAL WHICH WERE PROBABLY ALSO DISCOVERED BY FAA OPS INSPECTOR DURING INSPECTION FOR AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. ALL ARE BEING CORRECTED BEFORE FLT. SOME AT LEAST, MISSING INST LIMITATION MARKINGS, MISSING STOPS ON SEAT TRACKS, SHOULD CLRLY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PREVIOUS PLT/OWNER. MORAL: CANNOT RELY ON IA EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN AREA WHERE A PLT FEELS PRETTY HELPLESS.
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.