A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH SOME CONFUSION OVER THE CYCLES REMAINING BEFORE A REQUIRED BORESCOPE INSPECTION IS ACCOMPLISHED.

1999-03 · NASA ASRS report 430567

Date: 1999-03

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH SOME CONFUSION OVER THE CYCLES REMAINING BEFORE A REQUIRED BORESCOPE INSPECTION IS ACCOMPLISHED.

Narrative

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ACFT HAD ARRIVED ZZZ THE PREVIOUS EVENING WITH A COMPRESSOR STALL WRITE-UP FOR BOTH ENGS. ZZZ MAINT PROCS REQUIRE FURTHER CHKS; INCLUDING BORESCOPE ANALYSIS FOR BOTH ENGS. ZZZ MAINT CALLED THE ACFT ROUTER AND REQUESTED VIA ZZZ ACFT ROUTER TO HAVE THEM GND INTERRUPT. DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THIS REQUEST; ZZZ ROUTER WAS UNABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE FLT PRIOR TO TKOF. ZZZ ROUTER CALLED ME MOMENTS AFTER TKOF TO INFORM ME THAT TO FORWARD MAINT REQUEST TO RADIO PATCH THE CAPT TO ACR TECHNICAL SVCS. MEANWHILE; ZZZ ACFT ROUTERS REMOVED XYZ FROM THE COMPUTER RECORD FOR FLT WVVV AND INSERTED ABC; EFFECTIVELY INHIBITING ACARS CAPABILITY. I CALLED ACR TECHNICIAN AND SPOKE WITH WYWY. HE CONSULTED THE MGR IN ZZZ; WHO IS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING LEGALITY RULINGS. WE DETERMINED THAT ACFT XYZ ZZZ-YYC WAS OPERATING SAFELY IN SHIP XYZ. ACFT XYZ DID NOT NEED TO RETURN TO ZZZ AND COULD CONTINUE ON TO YYC. THE ACFT WOULD BE ABLE TO FLY THE NEXT LEG OUT OF YYC. WE DID NOT REQUIRE A PHONE PATCH WITH THE CAPT. THE REASONING WAS THAT WHILE THE BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS NEEDED; A FEW CYCLES WERE PERMITTED IN THE INTERIM.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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