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A B737-400 was operated in non compliance with a required time limited fuselage skin repair 10 months overdue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 530219 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance supervisor : 13 maintenance technician : 22 |
| ASRS Report | 530219 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
It was brought to my attention that on jan/xa/99, as an inspection foreman, I co-signed a rescheduled work form on airline aircraft 727 for a time limited repair on the aircraft fuselage skin. Boeing had issued a 7000 cycle/24-month limit via telex to production/engineering. It was transcribed to the job card form correctly and I co-signed it without double-checking their figures. In the future, I will make sure I rechk their data entries. Due to the length of time since this incident, these are the facts as best as I recall.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-400 WAS OPERATED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUIRED TIME LIMITED FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR 10 MONTHS OVERDUE.
Narrative: IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN THAT ON JAN/XA/99, AS AN INSPECTION FOREMAN, I CO-SIGNED A RESCHEDULED WORK FORM ON AIRLINE ACFT 727 FOR A TIME LIMITED REPAIR ON THE ACFT FUSELAGE SKIN. BOEING HAD ISSUED A 7000 CYCLE/24-MONTH LIMIT VIA TELEX TO PRODUCTION/ENGINEERING. IT WAS TRANSCRIBED TO THE JOB CARD FORM CORRECTLY AND I CO-SIGNED IT WITHOUT DOUBLE-CHKING THEIR FIGURES. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL MAKE SURE I RECHK THEIR DATA ENTRIES. DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THESE ARE THE FACTS AS BEST AS I RECALL.
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.