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A tire and wheel build-up shop was given a verbal engineering authority/authorized to omit o-rings on wheel plugs and stems with no written documentation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Wed |
| 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 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lit.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 37 |
| ASRS Report | 518959 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation 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 : engineering procedure contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maintenance Prog Manual |
Narrative:
Was notified there was a verbal engineering authority/authorized to not change o-rings on plugs and valve stems. Next day, found out there was no verbal engineering authority/authorized. Management was notified. Awaiting new engineering authority/authorized.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TIRE AND WHEEL BUILD-UP SHOP WAS GIVEN A VERBAL ENGINEERING AUTH TO OMIT O-RINGS ON WHEEL PLUGS AND STEMS WITH NO WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.
Narrative: WAS NOTIFIED THERE WAS A VERBAL ENGINEERING AUTH TO NOT CHANGE O-RINGS ON PLUGS AND VALVE STEMS. NEXT DAY, FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO VERBAL ENGINEERING AUTH. MGMNT WAS NOTIFIED. AWAITING NEW ENGINEERING AUTH.
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.