An MD80 APU shroud was repaired and released for service without the repair approval signed off by s...

Attributes
ACN	575783
Time
Date	200303
Day	Wed
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 : airframe technician : powerplant
ASRS Report	575783
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : lead technician
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance
Situations
Publication	Maint Procs Manual

Narrative:

This part showed up on or about feb/fri/03. No authority/authorized for repair. Aircraft assigned job to 2ND shift painter who painted with no authority/authorized. I held part till engineering approval showed up with part. Part has now been shipped without being signed off by second shift controller in charge.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 APU SHROUD WAS REPAIRED AND RELEASED FOR SVC WITHOUT THE REPAIR APPROVAL SIGNED OFF BY SHOP LEAD TECHNICIAN.

Narrative: THIS PART SHOWED UP ON OR ABOUT FEB/FRI/03. NO AUTH FOR REPAIR. ACFT ASSIGNED JOB TO 2ND SHIFT PAINTER WHO PAINTED WITH NO AUTH. I HELD PART TILL ENGINEERING APPROVAL SHOWED UP WITH PART. PART HAS NOW BEEN SHIPPED WITHOUT BEING SIGNED OFF BY SECOND SHIFT CTLR IN CHARGE.

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.

An MD80 APU shroud was repaired and released for service without the repair approval signed off by shop lead technician.