Fwd: CI findings
Joyce Kassai
From: Mark Hammack <mham...@txwg.cap.gov>
Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 10:04 PM
Subject: CI findings
To:
ALCON,
This email is being disseminated to all Commanders, Maintenance Officers, Pilots, FROs and mission staff who deal with flights. Feel free to forward it to anyone who may need the information that may not be on that list.
During the recent Compliance Inspection, a couple of discrepancies were noted that should be easily resolved. However, these are things that will need to be taken care of by the aircraft custodians and/or pilots.
First, on one of the aircraft that was inspected, the Aircraft Information File (AIF) was out of date. The AIF layout can be found at gocivilairpatrol.com->Programs->Emergency Services->Aircraft Operations->Aircraft Information Files. This is updated periodically and the last update was 23 April 2019. Custodians and/or Maintenance Officers should logon to eServices periodically and make sure that they are using the latest guidance. Most of the time, the updates will be a few pages or even removal of some pages so the updates should not take that long. We had this same issue four years ago, we will NOT have it happen again.
Second and much more serious, an aircraft was flown past the 100 hour inspection…by 8 hours! Regulations allow the aircraft to be flown past the 100 hour inspection IF AND ONLY IF it is being flown to a facility to be inspected. If something had happened to the aircraft during these 8 hours, it would have been a major liability exposure not only to Civil Air Patrol but to the pilot. The solution is relatively simple. In WMIRS, under the support tab on the left side of the screen, select the Maintenance Module and then select Current Aircraft Maintenance Snapshot. Scroll down or do a find (Ctrl/Cmd-F) to the aircraft you are flying. Check the “Hours to Next Oil Change” and the “Hours to Next 100-Hour/Annual” fields (both Tach and Date):
Normally, we don’t come anywhere close to the “date” requirement since most of our aircraft easily fly more than 100 hours a year (or 50 hours in 6 months) but do keep it in mind since flying past this date would be a violation of the FARs as well as CAP regulation. The custodian or maintenance officer must keep the time/date of the last oil change/inspection up to date. If it is up to date, then on the right hand side of the aircraft listing, there is a link that will generate the AIF cover sheet. The AIF becomes the “last line of defense” for the pilot. Check the AIF cover against the tach in the airplane before flight! You are “Pilot in Command”, take Command and protect you, your passengers, and the organization.
The goal is continuous compliance. If someone came into your squadron tomorrow to inspect the aircraft (including logbooks and the AIF), would it pass? If not, what needs to be done so that it will? Continuous compliance is actually easier than the mad scramble to make something compliant right before a scheduled inspection.
Mark
Maj Mark Hammack, CAP
TX Wing Director of Operations
(C) 214.478.0955
U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
GoCivilAirPatrol.com
txwgcap.org
