A FOKKER 100 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUIRED FLT TEST NOT ACCOMPLISHED AFTER THE L AND R AILERON SERVO VALVE BUNGEES WERE REPLACED.

2002-07 · NASA ASRS report 555286

Date: 2002-07 · Aircraft: Fokker 100 · Phase: ground

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

A FOKKER 100 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUIRED FLT TEST NOT ACCOMPLISHED AFTER THE L AND R AILERON SERVO VALVE BUNGEES WERE REPLACED.

Narrative

ON JUL/MON/02 I WAS ASSIGNED A PREFLT SVC CHK AND A PROB WITH THE ACFT FISHTAILING ON ACFT. AFTER I ACCOMPLISHED MY WORK ON THE PREFLT SVC CHK ON ACFT; I PROCEEDED TO WORK ON THE PROB OF THE ACFT FISHTAILING. I WAS INFORMED BY MY TECHNICAL CREW CHIEF TO CHANGE BOTH L AND R SERVO-VALVE BUNGEES. I CHANGED THE R-HAND SERVO-VALVE BUNGEE ACCORDING TO MAINT MANUAL PROCS. I INFORMED MGMNT THAT THE ACFT NEEDED A FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT DUE TO THE FACT BOTH SERVOS HAD BEEN CHANGED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. I WROTE UP MY PAPERWORK. AT NO TIME WAS THERE AN OPS CHK DONE TO SEE IF THAT FIXED THE PROB OF THE ACFT FISHTAILING. I ALSO WROTE UP ITEM #3 THAT THE ACFT NEEDED A FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT PER GPM TO DETERMINE A POSITIVE FIX. MGMNT SIGNED IT OFF THAT THE ACFT DID NOT NEED A FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT PER GPM 10-01- F6. THEY ALSO PRINTED IN THE LOGBOOK THAT THE L AND R SERVO-VALVE BUNGEES WERE CHANGED AND FIXED THE PROB. THEY PRINTED MY NAME AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER TO THE LOGBOOK PAGE. AT NO TIME DID I SIGN ANY PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT THE PLANE WAS FIXED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE GENERAL PROCS MANUAL CALLED FOR A FLT TEST AFTER REPLACEMENT OF FLT CTL RIGGING OR REPLACEMENT OF ACTUATING UNITS. THE RPTR SAID MGMNT INTERPED THE GENERAL PROCS MANUAL MUCH DIFFERENTLY AND PUT THE AIRPLANE IN REVENUE SVC WITHOUT THE TEST FLT. THE RPTR STATED THE AIRPLANE FLEW NORMALLY AND THE SERVO-VALE BUNGEE ACTUATORS FIXED THE PROB.

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

Loading the flight search…

Frequently asked questions

How do I search flights by aircraft type on FlightFinder?

Pick an aircraft model — Boeing 737, Airbus A320, A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and more — enter your origin airport, and FlightFinder shows every route that plane flies from there with live fares.

Which aircraft types can I filter by?

We support Boeing 737/747/757/767/777/787, the full Airbus A220/A319/A320/A321/A330/A340/A350/A380 family, Embraer E170/E175/E190/E195, Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8, and the ATR 42/72 turboprops.

Is FlightFinder free to use?

Search and schedules are free. Pro ($4.99/month, $39/year, or $99 one-time lifetime) unlocks the enriched flight card — on-time stats, CO₂ per passenger, amenities, live gate & weather — plus My Trips with push alerts.

Where does the route data come from?

Live schedules come from Amadeus, AeroDataBox and Travelpayouts. Observed routes (which aircraft actually flew a given city pair) are crowdsourced from adsb.lol ADS-B data under the Open Database License.