B737-700 ACFT ARE BEING DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 2002-08-20. NO LOGBOOK ITEM ON SPEED RESTR AFTER DEICING.
Synopsis
B737-700 ACFT ARE BEING DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 2002-08-20. NO LOGBOOK ITEM ON SPEED RESTR AFTER DEICING.
Narrative
DURING CLB WE LEARNED ZZZ OPS HAD TYPE IV DEICED ORIGINATING ACFT (WE ORIGINATED). WE ASKED IF OUR ACFT X HAD BEEN DEICED AND WERE TOLD 'YES'; BUT THIS WAS NOT NOTED ON THE FLT RELEASE. WE COMPLIED WITH AD 2002-08-20 (SPEED RESTRICTIONS; PLACARD AND TRACKING NUMBER) AND CONTINUED PER MAINT NOTE. ZZZ OPS ADVISED THEY HAD NOTIFIED DISPATCH OF THE DEICING. ON A SEPARATE NOTE; THERE SEEMED TO BE A PERCEPTION THAT THE ABOVE ACFT APPLIES ONLY TO THE TYPE 4 DEICE FLUID. FOM BULLETIN STATED IT IS ALSO FOR TYPE 2 DEICING. THIS SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569919: ACFT DEICED WITH TYPE IV FLUID IN ZZZ3. 270 KIAS AIRSPEED RESTR EXCEEDED ON CLBOUT ABOVE 10000 FT. AFTER RPTING 320 KIAS TO ATC; WE REMEMBERED THE RESTR AND SLOWED TO 270 KIAS FOR THE REST OF THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569920: ACFT DEICED WITH TYPE IV FLUID IN ZZZ3 DUE NOW. 270 KNOT AIRSPEED RESTR EXCEEDED ON CLBOUT ABOVE 10000 FT. AIRSPEED BRIEFLY WAS 320 KNOTS. REALIZING OUR SIT; WE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO 270 KNOTS AND FLEW TO ZZZ. WE ADVISED ATC THAT WE WERE 270 KNOTS RESTRICTED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569918: AFTER CHECK IN WITH THE ZZZ OPS AFTER 10000 FT CLB; CAPT FOUND OUT THE ACFT HAD BEEN DEICED WITH TYPE 4 FLUID. COMPLIED WITH AD FOR REMAINDER OF FLT. CONTINUED TO ZZZ2 AND UPON RETURN TO ZZZ MAINT MET THE ACFT AND REMOVED MEL STICKERS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569925: ORIGINATED FLT OUT OF ZZZ; GND CREW DEICED ACFT DURING OVERNIGHT WITH TYPE IV FLUID. FLC WAS NOT INFORMED. WRITE-UP AND 270 KIAS RESTR DID NOT TAKE PLACE AT ZZZ AS IT SHOULD HAVE. WE HEARD OVER COMPANY RADIO WHILE ENRTE THAT ALL ORIGINATORS HAD BEEN DEICED WITH TYPE IV. MAINT RESTRICTED ACFT IN ZZZ1. AFTER REVIEW WITH OUR SUPVR; WE WERE INFORMED THE TAILS WERE NEVER DEICED WITH TYPE IV; JUST THE WINGS WERE DEICED. WRITE-UP NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD WE BEEN INFORMED PROPERLY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569931: ORIGINATING FLT NOTICED ACFT HAD ORIGINATED OUT OF ZZZ AND DID NOT HAVE A WRITE UP FOR BEING DEICED WITH TYPE IV FLUID. INFORMED TO ACCOMPLISH DASH POWER TKOF AND COMPLY WITH 270 KIAS RESTR AND MAINT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT IN ZZZ. AFTER BEING INFORMED THE TAILS HAD NOT BEEN DEICED (PER GND OPS PROC) ACFT HAD ALREADY DEPARTED WITH 270 KIAS RESTR UNNECESSARILY APPLIED/IMPOSED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 570004: IT WAS RAINING AND ABOVE FREEZING IN ZZZ AND THE ACFT HAD NO FROST OR ICE; SO WE DIDN'T REQUEST A DEICE. ENRTE AT CRUISE WHILE LISTENING TO COMPANY HEARD THAT ALL ACFT THAT OVERNIGHTED AT ZZZ HAD BEEN DEICED WITH TYPE IV. WE HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THIS AND I FLEW ACFT OVER 270 KNOTS. THERE WAS NO WRITE-UP OR PLACARD NOTING THE DEICING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 570007: UPON LNDG IN ZZZ; WAS INFORMED THAT ACFT HAD BEEN DEICED WITH TYPE IV THE PREVIOUS DAY. ZZZ OPS HAD TOLD NO CREW OR MAINT SO THERE WAS NOT WRITEUP ON PLACARD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE MAINT RELEASE AND THE LOGBOOK NEVER NOTED THE FACT THE AIRPLANE WAS DEICED WITH TYPE IV FLUID AND WAS NOT PLACARDED FOR SPEED RESTR. THE RPTR SAID THE PERCEPTION AMONG MANY CREWS IS THERE IS NO SPEED RESTR IF TYPE 2 FLUID IS USED FOR DEICING. THE RPTR STATED ANOTHER PRACTICE THAT IS UNUSUAL IS SOME STATIONS WILL DEICE ONLY THE WINGS AND NOT THE TAIL SECTION. CALLBACK FROM ACN 569919: THE RPTR STATED THE LACK OF THE MAINT NOTE IN THE LOGBOOK OF THE AIRPLANE BEING DEICED RESULTS IN BREAKING THE REQUIRED SPEED RESTR. THE RPTR SAID THERE IS NO LOGBOOK ENTRY OR DEFERRED ITEM MADE FOR THE CLEANUP OF THE STABILIZER BALANCE PANEL CAVITY PER THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE.
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