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B757 was dispatched in non compliance with an unmodified passenger seat installed due to the illustrated parts catalog not being updated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 461885 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 461885 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | illustrated parts catalog |
Narrative:
Changed seat assembly in accordance with troubleshooting and fault identify manual, which idented seat part #XXX to install. Checked aircraft xyz status illustrated parts catalog XXX. Idented seat as correct effectivity. Problem idented to engineering change order modification status for seat XXX. I was not aware of modification status with effectivity of seat XXX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN UNMODIFIED PAX SEAT INSTALLED DUE TO THE ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG NOT BEING UPDATED.
Narrative: CHANGED SEAT ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TROUBLESHOOTING AND FAULT IDENT MANUAL, WHICH IDENTED SEAT PART #XXX TO INSTALL. CHKED ACFT XYZ STATUS ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG XXX. IDENTED SEAT AS CORRECT EFFECTIVITY. PROB IDENTED TO ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER MODIFICATION STATUS FOR SEAT XXX. I WAS NOT AWARE OF MODIFICATION STATUS WITH EFFECTIVITY OF SEAT XXX.
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.