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A plating shop technician reports cleaning an aircraft part in a nitric acid tank. After reading the shop order the part was removed and cleaned in hot nitric acid per the shop order.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596077 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 596077 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was cleaning aircraft part in nitric tank on oct/tue/03. I didn't read shop order this time, but first time shop order says hot nitric, and I pull out nitric tank and put in hot nitric.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PLATING SHOP TECHNICIAN RPTS CLEANING AN ACFT PART IN A NITRIC ACID TANK. AFTER READING THE SHOP ORDER THE PART WAS REMOVED AND CLEANED IN HOT NITRIC ACID PER THE SHOP ORDER.
Narrative: I WAS CLEANING ACFT PART IN NITRIC TANK ON OCT/TUE/03. I DIDN'T READ SHOP ORDER THIS TIME, BUT FIRST TIME SHOP ORDER SAYS HOT NITRIC, AND I PULL OUT NITRIC TANK AND PUT IN HOT NITRIC.
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.