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A B737-500 had fogged door and emergency exit windows discovered by a technician, but not written up by concern for management reaction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489130 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | B737-500 |
| 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 |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 24 |
| ASRS Report | 489130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Found door window 2L and r-hand, overwing emergency exit windows fogged up 100%. Air carrier issued me an illegal job action letter on oct/tue/00, stating stop making write-ups or be fired. I did not write up these windows due to fear of being fired.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 HAD FOGGED DOOR AND EMER EXIT WINDOWS DISCOVERED BY A TECHNICIAN, BUT NOT WRITTEN UP BY CONCERN FOR MGMNT REACTION.
Narrative: FOUND DOOR WINDOW 2L AND R-HAND, OVERWING EMER EXIT WINDOWS FOGGED UP 100%. ACR ISSUED ME AN ILLEGAL JOB ACTION LETTER ON OCT/TUE/00, STATING STOP MAKING WRITE-UPS OR BE FIRED. I DID NOT WRITE UP THESE WINDOWS DUE TO FEAR OF BEING FIRED.
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.