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An airbus 319 was dispatched in non compliance after a ram air turbine test conducted per the maintenance manual which omitted the required FAA mandatory inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 498340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Sat |
| 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 | A319 |
| 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 : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 498340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 498886 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MAINT MANUAL + JOB CARDS |
Narrative:
Assigned 2 mechanics a job card to do a ram air turbine deployment. Mechanics followed maintenance manual, completed task and signed off job card. They may not have known the item needed to have to be inspected after completion. Because maintenance manual or job card doesn't tell them this, they signed all items off and informed me that aircraft was ready to be put back into service. So I proceeded to return aircraft to service, and then later that morning was told by foreman that the ram air turbine required inspection look at it before aircraft was returned to service. Aircraft was flying when I was informed of this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 319 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE AFTER A RAM AIR TURBINE TEST CONDUCTED PER THE MAINT MANUAL WHICH OMITTED THE REQUIRED FAA MANDATORY INSPECTION.
Narrative: ASSIGNED 2 MECHS A JOB CARD TO DO A RAM AIR TURBINE DEPLOYMENT. MECHS FOLLOWED MAINT MANUAL, COMPLETED TASK AND SIGNED OFF JOB CARD. THEY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THE ITEM NEEDED TO HAVE TO BE INSPECTED AFTER COMPLETION. BECAUSE MAINT MANUAL OR JOB CARD DOESN'T TELL THEM THIS, THEY SIGNED ALL ITEMS OFF AND INFORMED ME THAT ACFT WAS READY TO BE PUT BACK INTO SVC. SO I PROCEEDED TO RETURN ACFT TO SVC, AND THEN LATER THAT MORNING WAS TOLD BY FOREMAN THAT THE RAM AIR TURBINE REQUIRED INSPECTION LOOK AT IT BEFORE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SVC. ACFT WAS FLYING WHEN I WAS INFORMED OF THIS.
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.