<< >> NASA ASRS Report 787979, May 2008

An air carrier A319 captain discovered enroute that a maintenance repair at the departure station was incorrectly performed.

Attributes
ACN	787979
Time
Date	200805
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	787979
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : improper maintenance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

On preflight; first officer noticed a screw missing from forward corner of a panel just forward of the lower rotating beacon. ZZZ maintenance was notified and they issued a new maintenance release with a carry-forward; indicating a tapes repair. En route; I sent an ACARS message to maintenance inquiring about the ability to carry forward and tape the forward edge of any panel missing a screw. They indicated it was not legal which led me to believe the maintenance release/repair at ZZZ was not legal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR A319 CAPT DISCOVERED ENROUTE THAT A MAINTENANCE REPAIR AT THE DEPARTURE STATION WAS INCORRECTLY PERFORMED.

Narrative: ON PREFLT; FO NOTICED A SCREW MISSING FROM FORWARD CORNER OF A PANEL JUST FORWARD OF THE LOWER ROTATING BEACON. ZZZ MAINT WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ISSUED A NEW MAINT RELEASE WITH A CARRY-FORWARD; INDICATING A TAPES REPAIR. ENRTE; I SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO MAINT INQUIRING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CARRY FORWARD AND TAPE THE FORWARD EDGE OF ANY PANEL MISSING A SCREW. THEY INDICATED IT WAS NOT LEGAL WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THE MAINT RELEASE/REPAIR AT ZZZ WAS NOT LEGAL.

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.