What have you written an airplane up for?
03-26-2013, 11:52 PM
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What have you written an airplane up for?
I was asked some time ago by some mechanics if I had room on a flight so they could get to the destination to fix an airplane. Their words were, "Would you happen to have room on this next flight? This jackwagon wrote an airplane up for a loose screw and we don't have another flight out there for 7 more hours."
What are some of the things, big or small, that you all have had to write up? Something that wasn't a safety of flight issue but because you were mad at your company decided to write it up, or any out of the ordinary write-ups you have encountered.
What are some of the things, big or small, that you all have had to write up? Something that wasn't a safety of flight issue but because you were mad at your company decided to write it up, or any out of the ordinary write-ups you have encountered.
03-27-2013, 04:27 AM
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Be careful what you admit to. Technically you MUST write up any discrepancy when and where you find it. Maybe they can defer it with a paperwork drill over the phone, or maybe they need to send someone out.
It's common for minor, low-safety impact items to get written up at the hub rather than an outstation, possibly when the airplane's scheduled to sit for a while.
It's common for minor, low-safety impact items to get written up at the hub rather than an outstation, possibly when the airplane's scheduled to sit for a while.
03-27-2013, 05:12 AM
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I had to write up a loose screw on a wing root fairing. I never saw it, but the FAA inspector who also did a pre-flight inspection did. Contract MX had to come out with a screw driver and make a 1/4 turn to tighten it. Big delay.
This week I wrote up a bird strike/ingestion in the #1. Went through the hot section, so plane was down for borescope inspection. Another big delay.
This week I wrote up a bird strike/ingestion in the #1. Went through the hot section, so plane was down for borescope inspection. Another big delay.
03-27-2013, 04:41 PM
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When I was flying 135 freight, we did a lot of work for the regionals in the area moving parts and mechanics around. One night it was a single mechanic to inspect a bird strike. Tools to fix the discrepancy included a flashlight, spray bottle, and a rag.....and a pen to write it in the logs. We were there all of 15 minutes and got on the way home.
03-27-2013, 05:29 PM
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Took a three hour delay at an out station after an FAA inspector (ramo check) pointed out that a decorative piece of trim on the air stair door (the stamped aluminum CRJ logo glued to one of the steps) was slightly bent upwards at the bottom.
After he was kind enought to bring it to our attention, I wasn't about to go and fix it myself, so we waited 2.5 hours for contract MX to come out, unscrew the plate, hit it twice with a rubber mallet, then screw it back on.
After he was kind enought to bring it to our attention, I wasn't about to go and fix it myself, so we waited 2.5 hours for contract MX to come out, unscrew the plate, hit it twice with a rubber mallet, then screw it back on.
03-27-2013, 05:33 PM
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Most serious write up was for a thrust lever that didn't feel right after the first flight of the day back to base. MX came out and ground checked the movement (manually, with the engines off) and said they didn't think anything was wrong.
We asked him to pull the cover out to see if anything had fallen down into the panel. When he opened it up, the thrust lever cable had come off the pulley and worn down to two strands of cable, both of which were frayed and barely holding together. He estimated that the two strands could have rubbed apart at any time resulting in a runaway or uncontrollable engine.
We asked him to pull the cover out to see if anything had fallen down into the panel. When he opened it up, the thrust lever cable had come off the pulley and worn down to two strands of cable, both of which were frayed and barely holding together. He estimated that the two strands could have rubbed apart at any time resulting in a runaway or uncontrollable engine.
03-27-2013, 07:16 PM
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Favorite I wrote up: "Autopilot fell out"
I've seen a few good ones by other people though and some damn good replies from the mechanics. It's one thing to see them on the internet, it's another to see them for real
I've seen a few good ones by other people though and some damn good replies from the mechanics. It's one thing to see them on the internet, it's another to see them for real
03-27-2013, 07:19 PM
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"Compass calibration card installed upside down."
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