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A maintenance technician reported that the md-11 cargo 'load shuttle beam' needed to be deferred because the required part was not in stock.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1533815 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cargo Restraint/Tie Down |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
After troubleshooting load shuttle beam; I found that we did not have the required part in stock; at that time. I removed the shuttle beam and attached to the rear wall. Then I came in and looked up MEL procedures for the load shuttle beam. I pulled up MEL 25-xx-xx -a; 25-xx-xx -B; and 25-xx-xx -C [and] after studying all these mels; I found that 25-xx-xx -a fit the issue the best. The reason for this is that in 25-xx-xx -a there was no affectivity issues and it also made it possible to use the 'erecting the partial load latches' for the 7L and 7R position usable. 25-xx-xx -C did not allow for that and called for voiding of the 5L; 5R; 6L; 6R 7L; and 7R. For this reason; I used the 25-xx-xx -a and voided 6L and 6R; which with the floor locks that were installed on the floor makes it so only 6L and 6R; are effected.suggestions: having the correct verbiage on the MEL 25-xx-xx -a; add the correct affectivity to it; since there is no such restrictions on this MEL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician reported that the MD-11 Cargo 'Load Shuttle Beam' needed to be deferred because the required part was not in stock.
Narrative: After troubleshooting Load shuttle beam; I found that we did not have the required part in stock; at that time. I removed the shuttle beam and attached to the rear wall. Then I came in and looked up MEL procedures for the load shuttle beam. I pulled up MEL 25-XX-XX -A; 25-XX-XX -B; and 25-XX-XX -C [and] after studying all these MELs; I found that 25-XX-XX -A fit the issue the best. The reason for this is that in 25-XX-XX -A there was no affectivity issues and it also made it possible to use the 'erecting the partial load latches' for the 7L and 7R position usable. 25-XX-XX -C did not allow for that and called for Voiding of the 5L; 5R; 6L; 6R 7L; and 7R. For this reason; I used the 25-XX-XX -A and voided 6L and 6R; which with the floor locks that were installed on the floor makes it so only 6L and 6R; are effected.Suggestions: Having the correct verbiage on the MEL 25-XX-XX -A; add the correct affectivity to it; since there is no such restrictions on this MEL.
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