<< >> NASA ASRS Report 530219, November 2001

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.

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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.