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While accomplishing preventive maintenance on an aircraft recovery kit maintenance found that the airbags were out of time limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1335899 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While accomplishing preventive maintenance on the aircraft recovery kit; we witnessed that the airbag portion of the check; did not meet specs; and that the airbags were beyond the 20 year maximum; recommended by the manufacturer (email between the manufacturer and our crew chief verified this). We also tried pressurizing these bags with low pressure air; and the bags had many leaks. We have recommended replacement of these bags; because our fear is; that if they are to be used to lift an aircraft in an emergency procedure; they could have a catastrophic failure; putting our aircraft maintenance technician's (amt) and others in harm's way. I have emails and copies of all paperwork.we contacted the manager; and he doesn't believe that the bags need to be replaced. I'm filing this to escalate the issue; and to prevent injury or harm.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While accomplishing preventive maintenance on an aircraft recovery kit Maintenance found that the airbags were out of time limits.
Narrative: While accomplishing preventive maintenance on the aircraft recovery kit; we witnessed that the airbag portion of the check; did not meet specs; and that the airbags were beyond the 20 year maximum; recommended by the manufacturer (email between the manufacturer and our crew chief verified this). We also tried pressurizing these bags with low pressure air; and the bags had many leaks. We have recommended replacement of these bags; because our fear is; that if they are to be used to lift an aircraft in an emergency procedure; they could have a catastrophic failure; putting our Aircraft Maintenance Technician's (AMT) and others in harm's way. I have emails and copies of all paperwork.We contacted the Manager; and he doesn't believe that the bags need to be replaced. I'm filing this to escalate the issue; and to prevent injury or harm.
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.