<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you for the comprehensive report sir!<div><br></div><div>-Patrick </div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 1, 2023, at 12:52 PM, Jerry Rosendahl <jerry.rosendahl@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><u>MN Wing Aircraft Maintenance Officer Report - October 1, 2023</u></b><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><i>Happy New Year (Federal Fiscal Year 2024)!</i></div><div><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div>1. As of the time I'm writing this, <u style="font-weight:bold">there are no missions open and aircraft maintenance has been ordered stopped.</u> With the signing of the federal continuing resolution I assume they will open up the missions and maintenance in the coming days, but any official word on that will come from CAP-USAF, NHQ or MN Wing leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>2. <u style="font-weight:bold">There are currently 21 open discrepancies in AMRAD.</u> A copy of this list is attached. As of today, <b><u>100% of the MN aircraft fleet is UP</u></b>. Upcoming maintenance is as follows: N853CP is currently at Stanton, flyable, awaiting 2024 mx funding for a 50 hour inspection, corrosion block and a few other items. N97465 is very close to coming into mx for left and right magneto overhauls. A few other tail numbers are within 9 to 17 hours before coming into mx.</div><div><br></div><div>3. <u style="font-weight:bold">Failure to enter ATD and ATA in your sorties is causing problems - again/still!</u> This issue has been addressed before but we still have sorties being closed without filling in these times. The result is the sorties are entered as having taken place on <b>1/1/1900</b>. Yes - 1/1/1900 - that's not a mistaken date. The end result is that the closing tach time is not reflected correctly when the data is transferred over to AMRAD. Then we're looking at incorrect data for upcoming mx - which is potentially a safety and/or mission readiness issue. This would make a good topic for your next pilot's safety meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>4. <u style="font-weight:bold">Final FY2023 flying hours (Hobbs) for squadrons are as follows:</u> 130th - 437.3; Viking - 333.7; Mankato - 316.8; North Hennepin - 292.7; St. Croix - 289.4; Anoka - 196.9; Stanton - 194.1; Hutchinson - 181.8; Crow Wing - 165.5; St. Cloud - 152.1; Southeast MN - 149.4; others were below 100 hours. (this data comes from the MN Wing intranet)</div><div><br></div><div>5. <u style="font-weight:bold">Final FY2023 flying hours comparison Nationally:</u> Mn Wing ranked 27th of the 52 Wings with an average of 177.9 flying hours. My memory says we were 32nd last year. Within the North Central Region we were #1! Missouri was a very close second at 176.8, followed by Nebraska at 124.9, South Dakota at 118.6, Kansas at 114.2, Iowa at 109.8 and North Dakota at 79.4. To refresh your memory, MN has 16 airplanes and none of the other Wings in NCR have more than 8. (this data comes from NHQ WMIRS)</div><div><br></div><div>6. <u style="font-weight:bold">Bent towbar and broken electric tug at Wing:</u> Within the last month at Wing HQ/Aircraft Maintenance Hangar the big orange towbar was bent and the electric tug switch was broken. The only way to bend that towbar is to use the blue pickup and tow an airplane past its turning stop point on the nose gear. The towbar will have to be replaced at no small expense. I don't know the details on the electric tug but I know it was out of service for a while. MN OPS staff is exploring methods to stop these things from happening again.</div><div><br></div><div>7. <u style="font-weight:bold">Washing your airplane includes the underbelly!:</u> Airplanes use oil. Airplanes also loose oil out the breather. This oil ends up on the underbelly along with copious amounts of dirt. When you wash your airplane in the spring and fall as required (hint, hint), you must include the underbelly even though it's a dirty process.</div><div><br></div><div>8. <u style="font-weight:bold">Updating tach times:</u> From time to time John and/or I update tach times on the MN Wing Intranet. We do that so we have the latest information possible when updating our mx plan. We take these times out of WMIRS or AMRAD. If you're the person to update tach times for your unit and see that someone else has already done it, it may have been us. Just trying to help!</div><div><br></div><div>9. <u style="font-weight:bold">Hutchinson (HCD) runway to be closed:</u> Hutchinson airport will be closed from October 9 - November 17 for runway maintenance. No CAP airplanes will be left there during that time.</div><div><br></div><div>10. <u style="font-weight:bold">CAP-USAF use of MN Wing C172:</u> CAP-USAF will be taking one of our C172s to a CAP-USAF Flight Clinic in Kansas from October 21 - 28. Their request was for a C172 with G650 and currently we are planning on N9912L for that trip since it was the lowest flight hours in the fleet. They anticipate putting 30 - 35 hours on it.</div><div><br></div><div>11. <b><u>Contact me with any comments or questions.</u></b></div><div><b><u><br></u></b></div><div>Jerry Rosendahl, Lt Col, CAP</div><div>MN Wing AMO</div></div>
<div><AMO Open Discrepancies List.pdf></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>