Maintenance personnel reported that they found a mechanics tool under the cowling of a boeing 767.

Attributes
ACN	1502029
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After opening the left engine thrust reverser on aircraft (to facilitate other maintenance) found tool (large pair of side cutters) that was left inside. It was hanging on one of the igniter conduits. Inspected the conduit and surrounding brackets and parts found no damage. Lack of tool control and a tool inventory after maintenance was performed. An inspection should have been done before closing the engine. Remind maintenance to inventory tools and conduct an inspection after completing maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Personnel reported that they found a mechanics tool under the cowling of a Boeing 767.

Narrative: After opening the left engine thrust reverser on aircraft (to facilitate other maintenance) found tool (large pair of side cutters) that was left inside. It was hanging on one of the igniter conduits. Inspected the conduit and surrounding brackets and parts found no damage. Lack of tool control and a tool inventory after maintenance was performed. An inspection should have been done before closing the engine. Remind maintenance to inventory tools and conduct an inspection after completing maintenance.

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.