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A maintenance technician reported of some confusion if a replacement hydraulic line was a permanent or temporary fix.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1460910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Hydraulic Lines Connectors Fittings |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Apprentice |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flexible braided line above gear failed. Replaced with line from [another] hydraulic kit. Asked [service] desk if I should submit a report because of part number difference of lines. I was told no because line replacement is covered under amm 20-23-xx-xx. After aircraft departure and before arrival at next station I called maintenance control and spoke to mr. X quoting amm ref and page 50 para 6 in ref to time tracking on a line replacement with a line from our kit. I was told it was a permanent repair and no [follow up item] would be issued. Next morning I involved my manager with my concerns that some kind of tracking should be in place for the installation of correct part number line. At first mr. X insisted it was a permanent repair. We agreed that I submit a safety report for clarification. Ultimately deemed repair as temporary and maintenance control issued a [follow up item] for 20 cycles.not exactly sure how to prevent when two maintenance controllers and an engineer told me it was a permanent repair only to find out otherwise upon my own insistence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician reported of some confusion if a replacement hydraulic line was a permanent or temporary fix.
Narrative: Flexible braided line above gear failed. Replaced with line from [another] hydraulic kit. Asked [service] desk if I should submit a report because of part number difference of lines. I was told no because line replacement is covered under AMM 20-23-XX-XX. After aircraft departure and before arrival at next station I called maintenance control and spoke to Mr. X quoting AMM ref and page 50 para 6 in ref to time tracking on a line replacement with a line from our kit. I was told it was a permanent repair and no [follow up item] would be issued. Next morning I involved my Manager with my concerns that some kind of tracking should be in place for the installation of correct part number line. At first Mr. X insisted it was a permanent repair. We agreed that I submit a safety report for clarification. Ultimately deemed repair as temporary and maintenance control issued a [follow up item] for 20 cycles.Not exactly sure how to prevent when two maintenance controllers and an engineer told me it was a permanent repair only to find out otherwise upon my own insistence.
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.