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Maintenance lead technician reported signing for an inspection item without verifying that it was completed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1544726 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SF 340B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Igniter Plug |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Lead Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
One of my mechanics removed an igniter to facilitate a borescope inspection. After the inspection was complete; he failed to reinstall the igniter. I signed the rii (required inspection item) block on the task card for the reinstallation of the igniter without looking to see if it was in fact installed. I was busy troubleshooting several discrepancies on several aircraft; as well as; ordering parts; generating write ups; assigning work to crews; training mechanics on specific tasks; documenting maintenance and releasing aircraft. Therefore; I did not take the time to properly inspect the item and instead I put too much faith in the mechanic.we need more manpower for the nightly workload we get. We need experienced mechanics who can do work unsupervised and help train others so the two leads don't get overwhelmed trying to troubleshoot mels and inbound write ups as well as training mechanics and the rest of the normal lead duties.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance lead technician reported signing for an inspection item without verifying that it was completed.
Narrative: One of my mechanics removed an igniter to facilitate a borescope inspection. After the inspection was complete; he failed to reinstall the igniter. I signed the RII (Required Inspection Item) block on the task card for the reinstallation of the igniter without looking to see if it was in fact installed. I was busy troubleshooting several discrepancies on several aircraft; as well as; ordering parts; generating write ups; assigning work to crews; training mechanics on specific tasks; documenting maintenance and releasing aircraft. Therefore; I did not take the time to properly inspect the item and instead I put too much faith in the mechanic.We need more manpower for the nightly workload we get. We need experienced mechanics who can do work unsupervised and help train others so the two leads don't get overwhelmed trying to troubleshoot MELs and inbound write ups as well as training mechanics and the rest of the normal lead duties.
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.