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A B737-800 was released for service with the incorrect right nose gear door installed. Caused by incorrect effectivity parts used in door repair.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 581286 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 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 | 581286 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I issued a sheet metal repair on jul/xa/02. My parts line in the atbt of the former was for the wrong effectivity aircraft. I do not know if the part number was told to me by maintenance or if I read the ipc wrong. In this event maintenance had installed the wrong effectivity nose gear door.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 WAS RELEASED FOR SVC WITH THE INCORRECT R NOSE GEAR DOOR INSTALLED. CAUSED BY INCORRECT EFFECTIVITY PARTS USED IN DOOR REPAIR.
Narrative: I ISSUED A SHEET METAL REPAIR ON JUL/XA/02. MY PARTS LINE IN THE ATBT OF THE FORMER WAS FOR THE WRONG EFFECTIVITY ACFT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE PART NUMBER WAS TOLD TO ME BY MAINT OR IF I READ THE IPC WRONG. IN THIS EVENT MAINT HAD INSTALLED THE WRONG EFFECTIVITY NOSE GEAR DOOR.
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.