<< >> NASA ASRS Report 597451, October 2003

A B757-200 wing landing light was replaced prior to departure. Work was accomplished without reference to the maintenance manual.

Attributes
ACN	597451
Time
Date	200310
Day	Fri
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	B757-200
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	597451
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Failed to refer to maintenance manual. Will refer to maintenance manual for future maintenance actions. Crew reported right wing landing light inoperative at XA10. Aircraft due XA30 departure. Landing light replaced without consulting maintenance manual.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WING LNDG LIGHT WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO DEP. WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT REF TO THE MAINT MANUAL.

Narrative: FAILED TO REFER TO MAINT MANUAL. WILL REFER TO MAINT MANUAL FOR FUTURE MAINT ACTIONS. CREW RPTED R WING LNDG LIGHT INOP AT XA10. ACFT DUE XA30 DEP. LNDG LIGHT REPLACED WITHOUT CONSULTING MAINT MANUAL.

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.