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A B737-800 pilot notices the horizontal stabilizer sliding seal missing during his walkaround and finds this as an open maintenance item in his company's maintenance database; but not in the logbook.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 770915 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200801 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| ASRS Report | 770915 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : briefing performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Met aircraft being towed in to gate to perform walkaround for flight. The station was late towing it to the gate. Noticed damage to left stabilizer sliding seal. Immediately asked agent to call contract maintenance and I followed up by a call to maintenance control. Maintenance control responded that they saw nothing in the book; it was loud on the ramp and I could have misunderstood him; however. Aircraft taken OTS. Later I noticed an entry for 'horizontal stabilizer sliding seal missing;' 'open last month.' my concern is that it looks like someone knew about damage and either 1) didn't let the appropriate people know; or 2) did a poor job diagnosing the aircraft damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 PILOT NOTICES THE HORIZONTAL STAB SLIDING SEAL MISSING DURING HIS WALKAROUND AND FINDS THIS AS AN OPEN MAINT ITEM IN HIS COMPANY'S MAINT DATABASE; BUT NOT IN THE LOGBOOK.
Narrative: MET ACFT BEING TOWED IN TO GATE TO PERFORM WALKAROUND FOR FLT. THE STATION WAS LATE TOWING IT TO THE GATE. NOTICED DAMAGE TO L STABILIZER SLIDING SEAL. IMMEDIATELY ASKED AGENT TO CALL CONTRACT MAINT AND I FOLLOWED UP BY A CALL TO MAINT CTL. MAINT CTL RESPONDED THAT THEY SAW NOTHING IN THE BOOK; IT WAS LOUD ON THE RAMP AND I COULD HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD HIM; HOWEVER. ACFT TAKEN OTS. LATER I NOTICED AN ENTRY FOR 'HORIZ STABILIZER SLIDING SEAL MISSING;' 'OPEN LAST MONTH.' MY CONCERN IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE KNEW ABOUT DAMAGE AND EITHER 1) DIDN'T LET THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE KNOW; OR 2) DID A POOR JOB DIAGNOSING THE ACFT DAMAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.