A CANADAIR CL-60 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN AND UNANSWERED LOG DISCREPANCIES.

Date: 2004-05 · Aircraft: Challenger CL600

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-mel-cdl|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

A CANADAIR CL-60 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN AND UNANSWERED LOG DISCREPANCIES.

Narrative

WITH 1 LEG REMAINING IN THE DAY'S FLYING; I CALLED THE COMPANY TO ADVISE I WOULD BE WRITING SOME DISCREPANCIES (MEL DEFERRABLE AND WATCH LIST ITEMS) ON ARR ZZZ1. THIS WAS A VERBAL 'HEADS UP' -- NO DISCREPANCY FORMS WERE FILLED OUT. MAINT INDICATED THEY WOULD MEL/DEFER. I CONCURRED. BOARDED 4 PAX FOR THE LAST LEG OF THE DAY. DEPARTED ON TIME. ARRIVED UNEVENTFULLY. FILLED OUT 6 DISCREPANCY FORMS AND; IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY INSTRUCTIONS; FAXED TO COMPANY MAINT; THEN CALLED TO VERIFY RECEIPT. AT THIS POINT; CREW WENT 'DUTY-OFF' AND DEPARTED FOR THE HOTEL. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOTEL; I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MAINT INDICATING THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE ACFT BECAUSE IT WAS LOCKED. I REVISITED THE DISCUSSION I HAD IN ZZZ WHERE MAINT INDICATED 'THEY WOULD DEFER THE ITEMS.' I FURTHER INDICATED I WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE ACFT TO UNLOCK IT FOR THEM; AND THAT I WOULD 'TAKE CARE OF IT IN THE MORNING;' THAT I WOULD KEEP ORIGINALS IN MY PERSONAL POSSESSION. AS IT HAPPENS; OUR TRIPS WERE CHANGED IN THE NIGHT WHICH GENERATED A CALL FROM DISPATCH TO ADVISE OUR NEW DEP TIME WAS NOW AN HR EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED. WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING PREPARED FOR FLT; I DID THE WX BRIEF AND FILED A FLT PLAN. ONCE FILED; I CALLED MAINT TO ENSURE THERE WERE 'NO LOOSE ENDS;' REF THE ABOVE DISCREPANCIES (ORIGINALS IN MY PERSONAL POSSESSION; NOT IN STATUS BOOK) AND THAT I WOULD (ADMINISTRATIVELY) COMPLETE THEM IN ZZZ; TIME BEING CLOSE TO SCHEDULED DEP FOR THE REPOS LEG. ON ARR ZZZ; CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MAINT TO APPROPRIATELY DEFER THE ITEMS (2 WERE WATCH LISTED). ONCE DOCUMENTED; THE ANNOTATED FORMS WERE FAXED TO MAINT AND A FOLLOW-UP CALL CONFIRMED RECEIPT. ORIGINALS WERE FILED IN THE ACFT STATUS BOOK; PER COMPANY POLICY. PRIOR TO ARR OF PAX; COMPANY ADVISED THE TRIPS WERE CANCELED FOR THIS ACFT. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A CALL TO DISPATCH; INDICATING THE ACFT WAS TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION ON THE FIELD ZZZ FOR MAINT. FURTHER; IT WAS DETERMINED THE ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH OPEN DISCREPANCIES; AND THAT A 'SELF-DISCLOSURE' TO THE FAA WAS TO BE MADE.

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