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A B727-200 had an improper repair accomplished to the aft fuselage structure supporting the #2 engine aft engine mount and was improperly signed off by a supervisor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414092 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 414092 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 414033 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Approximately 1 week ago, began a 'T' chord spike on the area just above the #2 engine rear mount. When feeling pressure supervisor xyz helped shoot rivets into the web stiffeners which ended up being the wrong side of the skin. Rather than rework the screw up, xyz told us to backdrill more holes in the new skin attach area. Next shift inspector rejected our work and card was written to replace top half of skin. Next shift installed 'left' member (improper) under the skin between skin and 'T' chord. This week I took wkend off and supervisor xyz wrote my name on the job card to sign off. No one accepted responsibility on the inspection card wrong install. Another shift, 4 hour overtime shift and nearly every one on the dock worked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 HAD AN IMPROPER REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED TO THE AFT FUSELAGE STRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE #2 ENG AFT ENG MOUNT AND WAS IMPROPERLY SIGNED OFF BY A SUPVR.
Narrative: APPROX 1 WK AGO, BEGAN A 'T' CHORD SPIKE ON THE AREA JUST ABOVE THE #2 ENG REAR MOUNT. WHEN FEELING PRESSURE SUPVR XYZ HELPED SHOOT RIVETS INTO THE WEB STIFFENERS WHICH ENDED UP BEING THE WRONG SIDE OF THE SKIN. RATHER THAN REWORK THE SCREW UP, XYZ TOLD US TO BACKDRILL MORE HOLES IN THE NEW SKIN ATTACH AREA. NEXT SHIFT INSPECTOR REJECTED OUR WORK AND CARD WAS WRITTEN TO REPLACE TOP HALF OF SKIN. NEXT SHIFT INSTALLED 'L' MEMBER (IMPROPER) UNDER THE SKIN BTWN SKIN AND 'T' CHORD. THIS WK I TOOK WKEND OFF AND SUPVR XYZ WROTE MY NAME ON THE JOB CARD TO SIGN OFF. NO ONE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY ON THE INSPECTION CARD WRONG INSTALL. ANOTHER SHIFT, 4 HR OVERTIME SHIFT AND NEARLY EVERY ONE ON THE DOCK WORKED.
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.