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Airbus maintenance technician overlooks computer maintenance discrepancies during preflight check when aircraft is positioned at the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 516780 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| 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 | Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 516780 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived at gate. I accomplished a general walk around, checked the logbook and found no discrepancies. Then checked the computer, there were no maintenance discrepancies assigned at that time. After the aircraft was dispatched, I was then informed that there were 2 maintenance discrepancies missed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AIRBUS MAINT TECHNICIAN OVERLOOKS COMPUTER MAINT DISCREPANCIES DURING PREFLT CHK WHEN ACFT IS POSITIONED AT THE GATE.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED AT GATE. I ACCOMPLISHED A GENERAL WALK AROUND, CHKED THE LOGBOOK AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. THEN CHKED THE COMPUTER, THERE WERE NO MAINT DISCREPANCIES ASSIGNED AT THAT TIME. AFTER THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED, I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WERE 2 MAINT DISCREPANCIES MISSED.
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.