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A technician reports unknowingly signing airbus 320, 319, 321 maintenance releases and autoland checks with his qualification expired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579998 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 13 |
| ASRS Report | 579998 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : training performance deficiency : unqualified personnel performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Airbus qualification expired dec/mon/02. Unknowingly continued to sign off logbooks because maintenance foreman told mechanics that airbus recurrent training was good for 18 months. My last recurrent training was nov/01. Was notified on apr/tue/03 that recurrent training was required every calendar yr and no later than 18 months. I missed calendar yr 2002 which made my recurrent expire 12/tue/02. I unknowingly continued to sign off logbooks from jan/wed/03 till apr/mon/03. I signed off 1 CAT III autoland check. My CAT III certification expired nov/xa/02. I was recertified CAT III mar/thu/03. I only signed off 1 CAT check (CAT III capability check) between mar/thu/03 and apr/tue/03.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TECHNICIAN RPTS UNKNOWINGLY SIGNING AIRBUS 320, 319, 321 MAINT RELEASES AND AUTOLAND CHKS WITH HIS QUALIFICATION EXPIRED.
Narrative: AIRBUS QUALIFICATION EXPIRED DEC/MON/02. UNKNOWINGLY CONTINUED TO SIGN OFF LOGBOOKS BECAUSE MAINT FOREMAN TOLD MECHS THAT AIRBUS RECURRENT TRAINING WAS GOOD FOR 18 MONTHS. MY LAST RECURRENT TRAINING WAS NOV/01. WAS NOTIFIED ON APR/TUE/03 THAT RECURRENT TRAINING WAS REQUIRED EVERY CALENDAR YR AND NO LATER THAN 18 MONTHS. I MISSED CALENDAR YR 2002 WHICH MADE MY RECURRENT EXPIRE 12/TUE/02. I UNKNOWINGLY CONTINUED TO SIGN OFF LOGBOOKS FROM JAN/WED/03 TILL APR/MON/03. I SIGNED OFF 1 CAT III AUTOLAND CHK. MY CAT III CERTIFICATION EXPIRED NOV/XA/02. I WAS RECERTIFIED CAT III MAR/THU/03. I ONLY SIGNED OFF 1 CAT CHK (CAT III CAPABILITY CHK) BTWN MAR/THU/03 AND APR/TUE/03.
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.