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A320 first officer reports flap damage caused by contract maintenance when the flaps are extended at the gate with a fuel truck parked under the wing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1141205 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201401 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Trailing Edge Flap |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 8900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Contract maintenance was in cockpit [neither] unsupervised nor observed by any crew member. We were both in operations flight planning return leg. Disregarding normal safety practices; contract maintenance did not ensure flight controls were safe to move prior to actuating. Consequently; aircraft was seriously damaged and refueling personnel nearly injured when contract maintenance moved flap lever with fuel truck connected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 First Officer reports flap damage caused by Contract Maintenance when the flaps are extended at the gate with a fuel truck parked under the wing.
Narrative: Contract Maintenance was in cockpit [neither] unsupervised nor observed by any crew member. We were both in operations flight planning return leg. Disregarding normal safety practices; Contract Maintenance did not ensure flight controls were safe to move prior to actuating. Consequently; aircraft was seriously damaged and refueling personnel nearly injured when contract maintenance moved flap lever with fuel truck connected.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.