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An airbus 320 returned to the gate after pushback due to an improper interim repair to the cargo pit floor. Correct repair incurred delay.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 584648 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| 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 | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : fcc technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 584648 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
30 mins before departure ramp service calls, cargo pit floor damage. I took the temporary repair parts out and installed them per the lead and foreman instructions. As I returned another mechanic found that a temporary repair was not allowed on the edge of a pit floor panel. By this time ramp service had pushed the plane off the gate. We notified them to bring it back and a permanent repair was installed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 320 RETURNED TO THE GATE AFTER PUSHBACK DUE TO AN IMPROPER INTERIM REPAIR TO THE CARGO PIT FLOOR. CORRECT REPAIR INCURRED DELAY.
Narrative: 30 MINS BEFORE DEP RAMP SVC CALLS, CARGO PIT FLOOR DAMAGE. I TOOK THE TEMPORARY REPAIR PARTS OUT AND INSTALLED THEM PER THE LEAD AND FOREMAN INSTRUCTIONS. AS I RETURNED ANOTHER MECH FOUND THAT A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS NOT ALLOWED ON THE EDGE OF A PIT FLOOR PANEL. BY THIS TIME RAMP SVC HAD PUSHED THE PLANE OFF THE GATE. WE NOTIFIED THEM TO BRING IT BACK AND A PERMANENT REPAIR WAS INSTALLED.
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.