Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 2000; Flight Crew Type 1200
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
On descent the First Officer noticed that the First Officer's Display Select Panel on the center console was installed upside-down. All aspects of the panel worked correctly but due to the upside-down installation; the button to set the decision height was on the top of the panel not the bottom. After discussing this with the Captain; we determined that we would get a visual that night and we felt it was not a safety of flight issue. We continued to ZZZ which was about 15-20 miles away at this time and broke out about 4;500 FT AGL and landed without incident. Once on the ground we called the company's Maintenance Control and wrote it up and they had a Mechanic come out and fix it. The flight to ZZZ is about 30 minutes and involves two VOR's and a heading of 258. Even though it was a visual approach company policy states we have to setup an approach at night. Due to the short flight and marginal use of the panel it was not noticed until setting decision height and finding the knob not in the usual place. Although it was not in the usual place it was fully functional and the approach was set up without any issue. Some reasons why it was not noticed earlier was due to a dark ramp; very little lighting upon the center console of the aircraft; the panel looking almost identical either way it is installed (only three small buttons on top not bottom); the First Officer boarding passengers while the Captain was setting up the flight deck; and lack of use on this flight as it was a short flight on a 258 heading with a straight in approach. Due to the short flight; visual approach; and ZZZ being our destination and closest airport at the time the issue was discovered we determined it was not a safety of flight issue and proceeded with a normal landing and had it fixed by a mechanic prior to the next flight.
BE1900 First Officer discovers his Display Select Panel on the center console was installed upside-down during approach set up. The panel was fully functional and corrected by Maintenance after landing.