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A B777 was dispatched with 2 cabin attendant seats FAA reports cleared as checks ok for service. Reports were vague and the seats were checked operationally.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 585024 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | B777 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 |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 585024 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| 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 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : fault isolation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance FAA Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
The FAA inspected aircraft X. Found 7 minor things wrong. 2 write-ups for flight attendant seats were vague and was trying to get FAA inspector to aircraft. I made a call to our moc where supervisors are and explained we couldn't find out what is wrong with the seats and need the inspector here, so we could determine what action to take on seats. The supervisor said he would sign it off as ok. I said you couldn't do that, because they were FAA write-ups and need to be addressed properly. He went ahead and signed them off as ok. I feel that he didn't address the problems correctly. This happened on outbound flight, on jun/mon/03, for flight attendant jump seats at 1L and 2L areas. I feel they should have been deferred until problem found.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 WAS DISPATCHED WITH 2 CABIN ATTENDANT SEATS FAA RPTS CLRED AS CHKS OK FOR SVC. RPTS WERE VAGUE AND THE SEATS WERE CHKED OPERATIONALLY.
Narrative: THE FAA INSPECTED ACFT X. FOUND 7 MINOR THINGS WRONG. 2 WRITE-UPS FOR FLT ATTENDANT SEATS WERE VAGUE AND WAS TRYING TO GET FAA INSPECTOR TO ACFT. I MADE A CALL TO OUR MOC WHERE SUPVRS ARE AND EXPLAINED WE COULDN'T FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SEATS AND NEED THE INSPECTOR HERE, SO WE COULD DETERMINE WHAT ACTION TO TAKE ON SEATS. THE SUPVR SAID HE WOULD SIGN IT OFF AS OK. I SAID YOU COULDN'T DO THAT, BECAUSE THEY WERE FAA WRITE-UPS AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY. HE WENT AHEAD AND SIGNED THEM OFF AS OK. I FEEL THAT HE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PROBS CORRECTLY. THIS HAPPENED ON OUTBOUND FLT, ON JUN/MON/03, FOR FLT ATTENDANT JUMP SEATS AT 1L AND 2L AREAS. I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL PROB FOUND.
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.