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A B757 captain believes his aircraft was illegally dispatched as a repositioning flight when it should have been a maintenance ferry with engineering pilots.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 810649 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11600 flight time type : 4600 |
| ASRS Report | 810649 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
I believe that ferry flight was dispatched illegally without a proper maintenance document with maintenance knowledge. I feel that myself and my first officer were misinformed about the true status of the aircraft. I have been informed by the mechanic that accompanied us on said flight that the aircraft did not have a rudder trim issue as was written on the maintenance document but had a more serious problem with the primary flight controls being way out of rig. This flight should have been flown by engineering pilots; instead maintenance covered up the problem and sent us on reposition ferry flight to ZZZ. In the interest of self disclosure; I am demanding a full investigation and have notified my union and its air safety chairman.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 CAPT BELIEVES HIS ACFT WAS ILLEGALLY DISPATCHED AS A REPOSITIONING FLT WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MAINT FERRY WITH ENGINEERING PILOTS.
Narrative: I BELIEVE THAT FERRY FLT WAS DISPATCHED ILLEGALLY WITHOUT A PROPER MAINT DOCUMENT WITH MAINT KNOWLEDGE. I FEEL THAT MYSELF AND MY FO WERE MISINFORMED ABOUT THE TRUE STATUS OF THE ACFT. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE MECH THAT ACCOMPANIED US ON SAID FLT THAT THE ACFT DID NOT HAVE A RUDDER TRIM ISSUE AS WAS WRITTEN ON THE MAINT DOCUMENT BUT HAD A MORE SERIOUS PROB WITH THE PRIMARY FLT CTLS BEING WAY OUT OF RIG. THIS FLT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLOWN BY ENGINEERING PLTS; INSTEAD MAINT COVERED UP THE PROB AND SENT US ON REPOSITION FERRY FLT TO ZZZ. IN THE INTEREST OF SELF DISCLOSURE; I AM DEMANDING A FULL INVESTIGATION AND HAVE NOTIFIED MY UNION AND ITS AIR SAFETY CHAIRMAN.
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.