Narrative:

During a review of records with the purpose of updating airworthiness directive (ad) compliances; it was found an ad 2000-20-19 was entered on a prior log inspection entry dated june 2009. As a precaution to verify compliance before signing the ad compliance record; which is a listing of all ad's applicable to the aircraft; I checked the actual work order. The director of maintenance (dom) had initiated the work order and generated the squawk listing for this scheduled inspection. The ad was not listed as a squawk and therefore; could not be signed off as complied with. The dom had generated the log entry and posted this in the aircraft records. The process of the dom generating the work order; and completing the log entry without a review by quality control; does not follow repair station procedures; which are distinctly outlined in our repair station manuals. As chief inspector for the repair station; it is my responsibility to ensure all required work is listed and correctly documented for compliance. Since the dom chose to ignore this process; and ignore the published procedures; proper compliance with the ad cannot be verified. Not following repair station procedures and FAA requirements was a major factor in this event.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Chief Inspector for a helicopter repair and conract service provider; reports their Director of Maintenance (DOM) had generated a logbook entry and posted an Airworthiness Directive in the Eurocopter AS-350's records as completed; without a review by Quality Control. The AD required removal; disassembly and inspection of the main rotor head and was not listed on the helicopter's work order.

Narrative: During a review of records with the purpose of updating airworthiness directive (AD) compliances; it was found an AD 2000-20-19 was entered on a prior log inspection entry dated June 2009. As a precaution to verify compliance before signing the ad compliance record; which is a listing of all AD's applicable to the aircraft; I checked the actual work order. The Director of Maintenance (DOM) had initiated the work order and generated the squawk listing for this scheduled inspection. The AD was not listed as a squawk and therefore; could not be signed off as complied with. The DOM had generated the log entry and posted this in the aircraft records. The process of the DOM generating the work order; and completing the log entry without a review by quality control; does not follow repair station procedures; which are distinctly outlined in our repair station manuals. As Chief Inspector for the repair station; it is my responsibility to ensure all required work is listed and correctly documented for compliance. Since the DOM chose to ignore this process; and ignore the published procedures; proper compliance with the AD cannot be verified. Not following repair station procedures and FAA requirements was a major factor in this event.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.