A dehavilland 8-200 was dispatched in non compliance on a maintenance ferry with both engine electronic control units inoperative.

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Attributes
ACN	620808
Time
Date	200406
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8-200
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 85 flight time total : 5700 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	620808
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Assigned to maintenance ferry flight. Ferry permit indicated both engines to be operated in 'manual' mode, with electronic control unit disabled. Since we had no procedure to do this, we contacted maintenance control and asked them to provide procedures for us to follow. They gave new procedures for ground operations, takeoff, en route and landing. After the flight, we discovered that a minimum of 1 electronic control unit is required, even for ferry flts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DEHAVILLAND 8-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE ON A MAINT FERRY WITH BOTH ENG ELECTRONIC CTL UNITS INOP.

Narrative: ASSIGNED TO MAINT FERRY FLT. FERRY PERMIT INDICATED BOTH ENGS TO BE OPERATED IN 'MANUAL' MODE, WITH ELECTRONIC CTL UNIT DISABLED. SINCE WE HAD NO PROC TO DO THIS, WE CONTACTED MAINT CTL AND ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE PROCS FOR US TO FOLLOW. THEY GAVE NEW PROCS FOR GND OPS, TKOF, ENRTE AND LNDG. AFTER THE FLT, WE DISCOVERED THAT A MINIMUM OF 1 ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IS REQUIRED, EVEN FOR FERRY FLTS.

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.