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A piper PA18, during annual inspection, was found to be in non compliance with 3 separate major alteration forms not filed with the FAA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 602561 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | PA-18/19 Super Cub |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company other |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : inspection authority technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 18 maintenance technician : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 602561 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft FAA Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Major Alteration or Repair Form 337 |
Narrative:
During annual inspection and records review, found FAA form 337 for aircraft recovering done by manufacturer's repair station not in permanent record. Requested records from aircraft registry in oklahoma. Upon review of FAA record, no 337 was filed. Review of records did not indicate process used and an assumption was made the process used was 'stits.' subsequent recovery of the r-hand wing and fuselage were treated as repairs and no 337's filed by repair station. During annual, repair was attempted to left wing which had not been recovered since total aircraft was recovered and it was discovered to be covered using the air tech process. This discovery confirms that 3 required 337's for major alteration were not completed. 1) for the total aircraft recover from the blue river process to air tech. 2) for the 4-HAND wing recover from air tech to stits. 3) for the fuselage recover from air tech to stits. Local FSDO will be contacted to provide guidance to correct defects.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PIPER PA18, DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, WAS FOUND TO BE IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH 3 SEPARATE MAJOR ALTERATION FORMS NOT FILED WITH THE FAA.
Narrative: DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND RECORDS REVIEW, FOUND FAA FORM 337 FOR ACFT RECOVERING DONE BY MANUFACTURER'S REPAIR STATION NOT IN PERMANENT RECORD. REQUESTED RECORDS FROM ACFT REGISTRY IN OKLAHOMA. UPON REVIEW OF FAA RECORD, NO 337 WAS FILED. REVIEW OF RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE PROCESS USED AND AN ASSUMPTION WAS MADE THE PROCESS USED WAS 'STITS.' SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF THE R-HAND WING AND FUSELAGE WERE TREATED AS REPAIRS AND NO 337'S FILED BY REPAIR STATION. DURING ANNUAL, REPAIR WAS ATTEMPTED TO L WING WHICH HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED SINCE TOTAL ACFT WAS RECOVERED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE COVERED USING THE AIR TECH PROCESS. THIS DISCOVERY CONFIRMS THAT 3 REQUIRED 337'S FOR MAJOR ALTERATION WERE NOT COMPLETED. 1) FOR THE TOTAL ACFT RECOVER FROM THE BLUE RIVER PROCESS TO AIR TECH. 2) FOR THE 4-HAND WING RECOVER FROM AIR TECH TO STITS. 3) FOR THE FUSELAGE RECOVER FROM AIR TECH TO STITS. LCL FSDO WILL BE CONTACTED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO CORRECT DEFECTS.
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.