Mechanic used wrong wire to safety wire switches.

Attributes
ACN	314988
Time
Date	199509
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	314988
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Safety wired spoiler arm switches and flap override switch on overhead panel with .20 copper wire -- not with breaking copper safety wire on aircraft B737-500.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MECH USED WRONG WIRE TO SAFETY WIRE SWITCHES.

Narrative: SAFETY WIRED SPOILER ARM SWITCHES AND FLAP OVERRIDE SWITCH ON OVERHEAD PANEL WITH .20 COPPER WIRE -- NOT WITH BREAKING COPPER SAFETY WIRE ON ACFT B737-500.

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.