Narrative:

[Mechanic] and myself were working on aircraft X. We were doing an initial evaluation on the right wing inboard spoiler actuator leaking at return line b-nut; we did not know what we had so we raised the spoilers and placed a rubber chock under the spoiler. We didn't know if the spoilers would lose pressure because of the leak; we did not want the spoiler to close while we were tightening the b-nut. I went up to the flight deck to turn off the hydraulics. Out of habit; I put the speed brake handle down; and then turned off the hydraulics. The damage was done.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Technician reported inadvertently activating spoilers while a rubber chock was in place; damaging the spoiler.

Narrative: [Mechanic] and myself were working on Aircraft X. We were doing an initial evaluation on the right wing inboard spoiler actuator leaking at return line b-nut; we did not know what we had so we raised the spoilers and placed a rubber chock under the spoiler. We didn't know if the spoilers would lose pressure because of the leak; we did not want the spoiler to close while we were tightening the b-nut. I went up to the flight deck to turn off the hydraulics. Out of habit; I put the speed brake handle down; and then turned off the hydraulics. The damage was done.

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.