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An MD80 was dispatched in non compliance with lightning strike damage noted but not checked per maintenance manual procedures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 514955 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 32 |
| ASRS Report | 514955 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was the lead mechanic in charge on jun/xa/01 when a mechanic reported a possible lightning strike to aircraft. He asked me to look at one area, which I did. This was a blanking cap for an old antenna. Check was accomplished per maintenance manual, and I signed aircraft off as no damage found -- ok for service. As I went past aircraft with deicing bucket, I saw a mark on vertical stabilizer. At this time I called maintenance control for air carrier X and he wrote a work card to have aircraft checked when it arrived in XXX. At XXX maintenance, found a hole in the left vertical stabilizer and other damage to trim tabs on elevator, which were replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE NOTED BUT NOT CHKED PER MAINT MANUAL PROCS.
Narrative: I WAS THE LEAD MECH IN CHARGE ON JUN/XA/01 WHEN A MECH RPTED A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE TO ACFT. HE ASKED ME TO LOOK AT ONE AREA, WHICH I DID. THIS WAS A BLANKING CAP FOR AN OLD ANTENNA. CHK WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER MAINT MANUAL, AND I SIGNED ACFT OFF AS NO DAMAGE FOUND -- OK FOR SVC. AS I WENT PAST ACFT WITH DEICING BUCKET, I SAW A MARK ON VERT STABILIZER. AT THIS TIME I CALLED MAINT CTL FOR ACR X AND HE WROTE A WORK CARD TO HAVE ACFT CHKED WHEN IT ARRIVED IN XXX. AT XXX MAINT, FOUND A HOLE IN THE L VERT STABILIZER AND OTHER DAMAGE TO TRIM TABS ON ELEVATOR, WHICH WERE REPLACED.
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.