Landing gear spacers assembled in improper order rendering shimmy dampener inoperative.

Attributes
ACN	240854
Time
Date	199305
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	240854
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	240855
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Assembled main gear torque links and shimmy dampener assembly and associated hardware. Shimmy dampener spacers in torque links assembled in reverse order. Causing shimmy dampener not to function. Was informed parts in improper order. Supplemental information from acn 240855: inspected finished torque link assembly on main landing gear (left side) and was informed internal parts may have been assembled in improper order.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LNDG GEAR SPACERS ASSEMBLED IN IMPROPER ORDER RENDERING SHIMMY DAMPENER INOP.

Narrative: ASSEMBLED MAIN GEAR TORQUE LINKS AND SHIMMY DAMPENER ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE. SHIMMY DAMPENER SPACERS IN TORQUE LINKS ASSEMBLED IN REVERSE ORDER. CAUSING SHIMMY DAMPENER NOT TO FUNCTION. WAS INFORMED PARTS IN IMPROPER ORDER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ACN 240855: INSPECTED FINISHED TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY ON MAIN LNDG GEAR (L SIDE) AND WAS INFORMED INTERNAL PARTS MAY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED IN IMPROPER ORDER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.