Narrative:

On or around jul/thu/04, I inspected the helicopter courier. It was per the owner's request that I conduct an annual inspection. I did the annual inspection. The owner had all of the manufacturer's maintenance manuals on hand at his facility for my use. I used our FBO's computer and checked airworthiness directives. I checked airworthiness directives through the government FAA web site on the air frame, engine, and propeller, and complied with any outstanding items. Some time later, looking through another database (avantex), I found a few recurring airworthiness directives that I may have missed on the government web site. So I called the owner and revisited the aircraft for any airworthiness directives that I may have missed, and found no discrepancies. The aircraft hadn't yet flown after the annual, and I was pleased that I had checked another database. I may have not logged all of the recurring airworthiness directives, but the important thing here is that the work was accomplished. Also, I had a hard time finding the specifications for the type certificate data sheet through the government web site, but the avantex database had all of the listings. Solution: while the FAA government listings appear to be complete, quite often they're not. The only way to be sure is to compare the FAA listings to a more complete database that is professionally updated. We are acquiring avantex database cds.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION OF A HELI COURIER ACFT, THE RPTR FOUND FAA WEB SITE LISTING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES NOT AS ACCURATE AS A COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL UPDATED DATABASE (AVANTEX).

Narrative: ON OR AROUND JUL/THU/04, I INSPECTED THE HELI COURIER. IT WAS PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST THAT I CONDUCT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. I DID THE ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE OWNER HAD ALL OF THE MANUFACTURER'S MAINT MANUALS ON HAND AT HIS FACILITY FOR MY USE. I USED OUR FBO'S COMPUTER AND CHKED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES. I CHKED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES THROUGH THE GOV FAA WEB SITE ON THE AIR FRAME, ENG, AND PROP, AND COMPLIED WITH ANY OUTSTANDING ITEMS. SOME TIME LATER, LOOKING THROUGH ANOTHER DATABASE (AVANTEX), I FOUND A FEW RECURRING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED ON THE GOV WEB SITE. SO I CALLED THE OWNER AND REVISITED THE ACFT FOR ANY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED, AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. THE ACFT HADN'T YET FLOWN AFTER THE ANNUAL, AND I WAS PLEASED THAT I HAD CHKED ANOTHER DATABASE. I MAY HAVE NOT LOGGED ALL OF THE RECURRING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. ALSO, I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE SPECS FOR THE TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET THROUGH THE GOV WEB SITE, BUT THE AVANTEX DATABASE HAD ALL OF THE LISTINGS. SOLUTION: WHILE THE FAA GOV LISTINGS APPEAR TO BE COMPLETE, QUITE OFTEN THEY'RE NOT. THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE IS TO COMPARE THE FAA LISTINGS TO A MORE COMPLETE DATABASE THAT IS PROFESSIONALLY UPDATED. WE ARE ACQUIRING AVANTEX DATABASE CDS.

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.