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A B757-200 aft cargo bin repair was inadvertently repaired using the wrong engineering order. Repaired per type I repair, but required type ii.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489641 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | B757-200 |
| 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 | 489641 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Inside aft cargo bin, found metal patch and speed tape missing from previous time limited repair -- bonded new metal patch and speed tape damaged area in accordance with engineering order (type I repair). Made log record type I repair. After further reading, discovered should have made type ii repair (blind rivet repair) when previous time limited repair metal patch is found missing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 AFT CARGO BIN REPAIR WAS INADVERTENTLY REPAIRED USING THE WRONG ENGINEERING ORDER. REPAIRED PER TYPE I REPAIR, BUT REQUIRED TYPE II.
Narrative: INSIDE AFT CARGO BIN, FOUND METAL PATCH AND SPD TAPE MISSING FROM PREVIOUS TIME LIMITED REPAIR -- BONDED NEW METAL PATCH AND SPD TAPE DAMAGED AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGINEERING ORDER (TYPE I REPAIR). MADE LOG RECORD TYPE I REPAIR. AFTER FURTHER READING, DISCOVERED SHOULD HAVE MADE TYPE II REPAIR (BLIND RIVET REPAIR) WHEN PREVIOUS TIME LIMITED REPAIR METAL PATCH IS FOUND MISSING.
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.