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An MD80 was dispatched in non compliance with a fuselage skin repair inspection signed off by a technician using a telemeter as authority/authorized.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 557645 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200208 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 557645 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : unqualified personnel performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Received teletype message from ZZZ1 authorizing 1 time inspection sign-off of repair on fuselage from ZZZ1 mr X, who signed for mr Y, chief inspector, after working on repair.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR INSPECTION SIGNED OFF BY A TECHNICIAN USING A TELEMETER AS AUTH.
Narrative: RECEIVED TELETYPE MESSAGE FROM ZZZ1 AUTHORIZING 1 TIME INSPECTION SIGN-OFF OF REPAIR ON FUSELAGE FROM ZZZ1 MR X, WHO SIGNED FOR MR Y, CHIEF INSPECTOR, AFTER WORKING ON REPAIR.
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.