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A lead technician with inspection authority (ia) reports about the unprofessional behavior of their director of maintenance (dom) at their part 135/145 helicopter charter and repair facility. The lack of any requirement to have pre-printed; sequentially numbered logbook pages; was considered to be a contributory factor by the ia.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 860675 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | AS 355 Twinstar |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aircraft Logbook(s) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Lead Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Inspection Authority |
| Experience | Maintenance Lead Technician 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
At the conclusion of a part-135 charter flight; the pilot had written two squawks: a leaking fuel sump drain and a cabin door locking issue. These were written on the aircrafts flight record sheet in the discrepancy column as required by our part 135 operations manual. This sheet was given to the director of maintenance (dom); who instructed a mechanic to fix the problems. The flight sheet was re-written; without the squawks and no log entry was prepared for the completed work. The consequences are: the pilot will not be aware of repairs made; proper repair station procedures were not followed; part 135/145 and far part 43.9 operations guidelines; for recording maintenance were not complied with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Lead Technician with Inspection Authority (IA) reports about the unprofessional behavior of their Director of Maintenance (DOM) at their Part 135/145 helicopter charter and repair facility. The lack of any requirement to have pre-printed; sequentially numbered logbook pages; was considered to be a contributory factor by the IA.
Narrative: At the conclusion of a Part-135 Charter flight; the Pilot had written two Squawks: A leaking fuel sump drain and a cabin door locking issue. These were written on the aircrafts flight record sheet in the discrepancy column as required by our Part 135 Operations Manual. This sheet was given to the Director of Maintenance (DOM); who instructed a Mechanic to fix the problems. The flight sheet was re-written; without the squawks and no log entry was prepared for the completed work. The consequences are: the Pilot will not be aware of repairs made; proper repair station procedures were not followed; Part 135/145 and FAR Part 43.9 Operations Guidelines; for recording maintenance were not complied with.
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.