<< >> NASA ASRS Report 464306, January 2000

A B737-400 was dispatched in non compliance after APU burner can replacement. Unit later was found to be the incorrect part.

Attributes
ACN	464306
Time
Date	200001
Day	Sun
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
Controlling Facilities	tower : pou.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : powerplant technician : airframe
Experience	maintenance technician : 30
ASRS Report	464306
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 969
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : training
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Incorrect combustion can installed in aircraft APU. Correct burner can installed at later date.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-400 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE AFTER APU BURNER CAN REPLACEMENT. UNIT LATER WAS FOUND TO BE THE INCORRECT PART.

Narrative: INCORRECT COMBUSTION CAN INSTALLED IN ACFT APU. CORRECT BURNER CAN INSTALLED AT LATER DATE.

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.