B767-200 CREW FLEW AN ACFT THAT WAS IN STORAGE FOR 2 MONTHS. THE CREW RUSHED THE PREFLT INSPECTION AND FOUND AT THE DEST THAT THE ACFT PAPERS WERE NOT INSTALLED.

2003-07 · NASA ASRS report 586807

Date: 2003-07 · Aircraft: B767-200

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-required-documentation-not-on-acft-crew-rushing-at-departure

Synopsis

B767-200 CREW FLEW AN ACFT THAT WAS IN STORAGE FOR 2 MONTHS. THE CREW RUSHED THE PREFLT INSPECTION AND FOUND AT THE DEST THAT THE ACFT PAPERS WERE NOT INSTALLED.

Narrative

ON ARR AT ACFT THERE WERE 4 MECHS WORKING ON AN INBOUND WRITEUP; THE ACFT HAD BEEN IN STORAGE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. I NOTICED THAT THE INBOUND MAINT DOCUMENT WAS ABOUT 10 PAGES LONG. WE WERE UNABLE TO DO OUR NORMAL PREFLIGHT DUTIES DUE TO THE MECHS IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER A DELAY; WE DID THE PREFLT DUTIES AND RECEIVED OUR NEW MAINT DOCUMENT ON PUSHBACK. I DID LOOK AT THE MAINT DOCUMENT TO SEE WHAT ITEMS WERE CLRED OR DEFERRED AND CHKED THE MEL CARD TO SEE HOW OUR FLT WOULD BE EFFECTED. HOWEVER; IN ALL OF THE RUSH; I MISSED THE FACT THE ACFT NEEDED A MAX THRUST TKOF. I CAUGHT IT IN CRUISE. BOTH MAINT CTLR AND DISPATCH WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE ACFT WAS OVERDUE FOR A MAX THRUST TKOF; AND WITH MAINT CTLR CONCURRENCE I ENTERED IT INTO THE LOGBOOK. WHEN WE WERE GETTING OFF THE ACFT AT OUR DEST; I NOTICED THAT THE ACFT'S AIRWORTHY CERTIFICATE; REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE; AND RADIO STATION LICENSE WERE MISSING FROM THE BACK OF THE FLT DECK DOOR. IT WAS REPORTED TO A MECH WHO WAS THERE TO MEET THE FLT AND A MAINT SUPVR. I FEEL THIS ACFT MAY HAVE BEEN RUSHED BACK INTO SVC. I ALSO WAS VERY RUSHED ON DEP; WITH A LOT OF MATERIAL TO COVER FOR THIS FLT DUE TO THE MANY DEFERRALS THIS ACFT HAD FOR OUR FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 586810: WE ALSO NOTICED THAT A MAX THRUST TKOF WAS DUE WHICH WE FAILED TO PERFORM; AS THE NOTE WAS BURIED IN THE PAGE AND SOMEWHAT INCOHERENT MAINT DOCUMENT FULL OF ITEMS RELATED TO PLACING THE ACFT BACK IN SVC. WE ADDED ADDITIONAL CABIN WRITEUPS ENRTE; AND WE BOTH AGREED THAT THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHKED OUT MORE THOROUGHLY BY MAINT BEFORE BEING PLACED BACK IN SVC.

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

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