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An embraer jet radome was found to have paint missing in 2 places. One spot was worn to honeycomb structure. Captain questions 200 hour deferral of radome in conflict with manufacturer's advisory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 628954 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| Day | Sun |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sbp.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 628954 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| 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 contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The aircraft we were assigned to take to ZZZ-us had missing paint on the radome about 8
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMBRAER JET RADOME WAS FOUND TO HAVE PAINT MISSING IN 2 PLACES. ONE SPOT WAS WORN TO HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE. CAPT QUESTIONS 200 HR DEFERRAL OF RADOME IN CONFLICT WITH MANUFACTURER'S ADVISORY.
Narrative: THE ACFT WE WERE ASSIGNED TO TAKE TO ZZZ-US HAD MISSING PAINT ON THE RADOME ABOUT 8
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.