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A B757-200 ground spoiler had a composite repair accomplished which was signed off with the wrong structural repair manual reference.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 481749 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Fri |
| 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 | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 481749 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
A misunderstanding of how the paperwork a general procedure concerning the repair of a B757 spoiler. With the inspector present there, I wrote in and signed for the repair under guise of the wrong srm repair scheme. Due to the fact that quality assurance has part locked away, I could not give the serial number or company part number.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 GND SPOILER HAD A COMPOSITE REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED WHICH WAS SIGNED OFF WITH THE WRONG STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL REF.
Narrative: A MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PAPERWORK A GENERAL PROC CONCERNING THE REPAIR OF A B757 SPOILER. WITH THE INSPECTOR PRESENT THERE, I WROTE IN AND SIGNED FOR THE REPAIR UNDER GUISE OF THE WRONG SRM REPAIR SCHEME. DUE TO THE FACT THAT QUALITY ASSURANCE HAS PART LOCKED AWAY, I COULD NOT GIVE THE SERIAL NUMBER OR COMPANY PART NUMBER.
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.