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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1200448 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Reverser Translating Sleeve |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Experience | Maintenance Technician 29 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was assigned a hotbond repair to a thrust reverser inner wall here at ZZZ. I told supervisor we need an adhesive we don't store here at ZZZ. An order was placed to get adhesive from ZZZ1. The next day; the adhesive arrived at about late morning. It had shipping paperwork with it that had all the info I needed; company part number (cpn); manufacturer's number; type and class; batch number and hours out of storage. The adhesive sent is a small piece cut from a roll from a storage freezer at ZZZ1. It did not have our air carrier's raw material control form; that form stays with the roll next to the freezer. I had no reason to question the integrity of the material sent; it was dry; clean and well packaged. I can understand why the raw material control form was not sent; that form needs to be near the main roll. I used the adhesive in the repair; the repair went well; finished repair and signed off [repair] that same day. The material came into question the following day; when shop mechanics discovered the improper handling from the day before. The supervisor from ZZZ1 did not follow material handling procedures. [Recommend] qualified personnel to handle composite material. Send our raw material control form with the piece; or a copy of it. Technical data not on correct form. Aircraft out of service (OTS).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) report about a sheet of hazardous adhesive material that was shipped by a Supervisor not qualified to sign-off their Raw Material Control Forms. The adhesive material was required to repair a punctured fan reverser inner acoustic liner for a B777-200 aircraft.
Narrative: I was assigned a Hotbond Repair to a thrust reverser inner wall here at ZZZ. I told supervisor we need an adhesive we don't store here at ZZZ. An order was placed to get adhesive from ZZZ1. The next day; the adhesive arrived at about late morning. It had shipping paperwork with it that had all the info I needed; Company Part Number (CPN); Manufacturer's number; type and class; batch number and hours out of storage. The adhesive sent is a small piece cut from a roll from a storage freezer at ZZZ1. It did not have our Air Carrier's Raw Material Control Form; that form stays with the roll next to the freezer. I had no reason to question the integrity of the material sent; it was dry; clean and well packaged. I can understand why the Raw Material Control Form was not sent; that Form needs to be near the main roll. I used the adhesive in the repair; the repair went well; finished repair and signed off [repair] that same day. The material came into question the following day; when Shop mechanics discovered the improper handling from the day before. The supervisor from ZZZ1 did not follow material handling procedures. [Recommend] Qualified personnel to handle composite material. Send our Raw Material Control Form with the piece; or a copy of it. Technical data not on correct form. Aircraft Out of Service (OTS).
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.