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A B757 during a service check was found to have 5 seat assemblies a total of 15 seats with audio inoperative. Technician concerned about number of placards required.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 517431 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 517431 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
Had 7 individual items concerning audio not working (items 63 through 67). Maintenance service would only issue 5 placards because 5 of tile seats (see items 63 and 64, 65 and 66) were connected together physically and according to maintenance service, mr X on duty also confirmed that this was a proper action when he spoke to my crew chief. I would like clarification on this procedure. Many of my fellow mechanics are under the impression that each maintenance action requires a separate and distinct answer even when placarding per the MEL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 DURING A SVC CHK WAS FOUND TO HAVE 5 SEAT ASSEMBLIES A TOTAL OF 15 SEATS WITH AUDIO INOP. TECHNICIAN CONCERNED ABOUT NUMBER OF PLACARDS REQUIRED.
Narrative: HAD 7 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS CONCERNING AUDIO NOT WORKING (ITEMS 63 THROUGH 67). MAINT SVC WOULD ONLY ISSUE 5 PLACARDS BECAUSE 5 OF TILE SEATS (SEE ITEMS 63 AND 64, 65 AND 66) WERE CONNECTED TOGETHER PHYSICALLY AND ACCORDING TO MAINT SVC, MR X ON DUTY ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A PROPER ACTION WHEN HE SPOKE TO MY CREW CHIEF. I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON THIS PROC. MANY OF MY FELLOW MECHS ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EACH MAINT ACTION REQUIRES A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ANSWER EVEN WHEN PLACARDING PER THE MEL.
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.