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A B737-300 maintenance controller gave authority/authorized to return a B737-300 to CAT IIIA autoland status to a technician whose qualification had expired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 543490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician oversight : supervisor |
| ASRS Report | 543490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : training performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Received call for a deferred item for upgrade aircraft to CAT III due to #2 navigation removed and replaced. I ok'ed heading guidance system database for mechanic as I remember mechanic was in the database at this time. I ok'ed all mechanic for heading guidance system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 MAINT CTLR GAVE AUTH TO RETURN A B737-300 TO CAT IIIA AUTOLAND STATUS TO A TECHNICIAN WHOSE QUALIFICATION HAD EXPIRED.
Narrative: RECEIVED CALL FOR A DEFERRED ITEM FOR UPGRADE ACFT TO CAT III DUE TO #2 NAV REMOVED AND REPLACED. I OK'ED HDG GUIDANCE SYS DATABASE FOR MECH AS I REMEMBER MECH WAS IN THE DATABASE AT THIS TIME. I OK'ED ALL MECH FOR HDG GUIDANCE SYS.
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.