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MD83 was maintenance ferried with gear down with no flight release information on autospoilers being inoperative and landing distance penalty.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 682470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-83 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 682470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical 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 |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Cleared to ferry; gear down. Upon landing; the spoilers did not automatic deploy. System-wise; I think; the spoiler system stays in the takeoff mode until the gear handle is raised. The aircraft was cleared to ferry based on a ferry approval; not an MEL. The approval message only directed that the gear remain down; as such; there wasn't a referral to alert us that the spoilers would not deploy upon landing. Additionally; the paperwork did not contain the landing distance penalty appropriate when landing with manual spoilers nor was there any awareness at dispatch regarding system degradation in this confign. While my outcome was uneventful; it would have been nice to have had a reference to review prior to flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD83 WAS MAINT FERRIED WITH GEAR DOWN WITH NO FLT RELEASE INFO ON AUTOSPOILERS BEING INOP AND LNDG DISTANCE PENALTY.
Narrative: CLRED TO FERRY; GEAR DOWN. UPON LNDG; THE SPOILERS DID NOT AUTO DEPLOY. SYSTEM-WISE; I THINK; THE SPOILER SYS STAYS IN THE TKOF MODE UNTIL THE GEAR HANDLE IS RAISED. THE ACFT WAS CLRED TO FERRY BASED ON A FERRY APPROVAL; NOT AN MEL. THE APPROVAL MESSAGE ONLY DIRECTED THAT THE GEAR REMAIN DOWN; AS SUCH; THERE WASN'T A REFERRAL TO ALERT US THAT THE SPOILERS WOULD NOT DEPLOY UPON LNDG. ADDITIONALLY; THE PAPERWORK DID NOT CONTAIN THE LNDG DISTANCE PENALTY APPROPRIATE WHEN LNDG WITH MANUAL SPOILERS NOR WAS THERE ANY AWARENESS AT DISPATCH REGARDING SYS DEGRADATION IN THIS CONFIGN. WHILE MY OUTCOME WAS UNEVENTFUL; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE HAD A REF TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.