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An MD80 incurred fuselage damage from an improperly routed #4 slat cable. Aircraft operated 15 months before discovery.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 598650 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 598650 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 598649 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MAINT. MANUAL CHAP 27 |
Narrative:
On a 'light' C check, aircraft X was found to have an improperly routed cable that damaged the fuselage. Work was traced back to a heavy 'C' check performed on xx dock in aug 2002. The work was performed by many people on the system team including myself, although none of us noticed the misrouted cable at that time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 INCURRED FUSELAGE DAMAGE FROM AN IMPROPERLY ROUTED #4 SLAT CABLE. ACFT OPERATED 15 MONTHS BEFORE DISCOVERY.
Narrative: ON A 'LIGHT' C CHK, ACFT X WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN IMPROPERLY ROUTED CABLE THAT DAMAGED THE FUSELAGE. WORK WAS TRACED BACK TO A HVY 'C' CHK PERFORMED ON XX DOCK IN AUG 2002. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY MANY PEOPLE ON THE SYS TEAM INCLUDING MYSELF, ALTHOUGH NONE OF US NOTICED THE MISROUTED CABLE AT THAT TIME.
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.