B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 152; Flight Crew Type 152
Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; General Maintenance Action
Procedure; Aircraft
During the originating preflight; the First Officer noticed brown paper shoved in the safety relief valve / static port hole. He removed the paper and the rest of the preflight was normal with no discrepancies noted.Investigating the paper it was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into our new livery. The paper was partially covered in the new color.The logbook history did not reveal when the painting occurred; it went back to (date). During this time the logbook showed X airworthiness checks by Maintenance.
A B737 air crew discovered paper shoved in the safety relief valve/static port hole. It was obvious this paper was used during the recent painting of this aircraft into a new livery. The aircraft had flown following airworthiness checks by Maintenance.