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A fokker 100 was released for service in non compliance with structural fuselage repairs accomplished without documentation of deviations made from the structural repair manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 429690 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 18 |
| ASRS Report | 429690 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : vehicle maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : mech 1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived at station for fuselage repair due to ground equipment damage. No specific repairs could be found so aircraft was repaired per supervisor's and engineering's verbal instructions using structural repair manual as guideline. However, later, aircraft returned to service, I discovered final engineering approval didn't contain all structural repair manual deviations as given verbally. Next time I will not deviate from structural repair manual at all unless written copy of authority/authorized is given before any repair begins.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FOKKER 100 WAS RELEASED FOR SVC IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH STRUCTURAL FUSELAGE REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION OF DEVS MADE FROM THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED AT STATION FOR FUSELAGE REPAIR DUE TO GND EQUIP DAMAGE. NO SPECIFIC REPAIRS COULD BE FOUND SO ACFT WAS REPAIRED PER SUPVR'S AND ENGINEERING'S VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS USING STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AS GUIDELINE. HOWEVER, LATER, ACFT RETURNED TO SVC, I DISCOVERED FINAL ENGINEERING APPROVAL DIDN'T CONTAIN ALL STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL DEVS AS GIVEN VERBALLY. NEXT TIME I WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AT ALL UNLESS WRITTEN COPY OF AUTH IS GIVEN BEFORE ANY REPAIR BEGINS.
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.