Originally Posted by
Epsomdog
This incident happened because two experienced and qualified engineers, made an aircraft, unserviceable/unfit for flight and failed to record the fact in the tech log!
Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
You might want to read the investigation report, if you think that's what happened.
Or are you saying that the AAIB got it wrong ?
Originally Posted by
Epsomdog
I have read the report! And that is exactly what happened. The cowls were opened and then left in an unlatched condition. No log entry was made and they left to attend another aircraft.
The AAIB report states (P32) that after the cowl doors were opened an open Tech Log entry was made in respect of the Weekly Check (entry left open because at that stage the low IDG oil levels hadn't been actioned).
The log entry was later closed (P34) when the technicians wrongly concluded that the cowl doors had been subsequently closed by a third party and that the IDG oils were in fact OK.
So it's not a case of doing something and failing to record it in the Tech Log, quite the opposite.