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An MD80 technician was verbally ordered to begin stripping the cabin of seats and the windscreens without paperwork. Later found airplane not assigned for this work.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 566598 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200211 |
| Day | Thu |
| 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 | 566598 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Was given order to begin open up on aircraft without any paperwork to do so. I removed seats and aft windscreen as I was told to do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 TECHNICIAN WAS VERBALLY ORDERED TO BEGIN STRIPPING THE CABIN OF SEATS AND THE WINDSCREENS WITHOUT PAPERWORK. LATER FOUND AIRPLANE NOT ASSIGNED FOR THIS WORK.
Narrative: WAS GIVEN ORDER TO BEGIN OPEN UP ON ACFT WITHOUT ANY PAPERWORK TO DO SO. I REMOVED SEATS AND AFT WINDSCREEN AS I WAS TOLD TO DO.
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.