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A B767-400 was dispatched in non compliance with the right nose tire and wheel assembly missing the wheel spacer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 601971 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| 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 | 601971 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : weather performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Weather Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
During a nosewheel change in blizzard conditions, spacer was later found with old wheel. Aircraft was located and new wheel assembly and spacer was installed. No damage was found.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-400 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE R NOSE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY MISSING THE WHEEL SPACER.
Narrative: DURING A NOSEWHEEL CHANGE IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, SPACER WAS LATER FOUND WITH OLD WHEEL. ACFT WAS LOCATED AND NEW WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND SPACER WAS INSTALLED. NO DAMAGE WAS 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.