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Technician reported an aircraft he was assigned to work was previously not evaluated properly for ground damage and subsequently flew in revenue service in a non airworthy condition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1715162 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuselage Panel |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle |
Narrative:
We were assigned to work cdl left/P xxxxxxx for lav service door. Once we arrived at the aircraft inside hangar we noticed damage fwd of the lav service area. After further research we found a carry item left/P xxxyyyyy that appears to have addressed this damage and item was placed on ext. The damage was never repaired per srm xx-xx-xx as stated in left/P . After we addressed the damage we also found the shear tie common to this area was damaged the aircraft is now out of service for a permanent repair to be performed to the area.aircraft should have never flown with the damage that it had. Proper evaluations need to be done when ground damage like this occurs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Technician reported an aircraft he was assigned to work was previously not evaluated properly for ground damage and subsequently flew in revenue service in a non airworthy condition.
Narrative: We were assigned to work CDL L/P XXXXXXX for lav service door. Once we arrived at the aircraft inside hangar we noticed damage fwd of the lav service area. After further research we found a carry item L/P XXXYYYYY that appears to have addressed this damage and item was placed on EXT. The damage was never repaired per SRM XX-XX-XX as stated in L/P . After we addressed the damage we also found the shear tie common to this area was damaged the aircraft is now out of service for a permanent repair to be performed to the area.Aircraft should have never flown with the damage that it had. Proper evaluations need to be done when ground damage like this occurs.
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.