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An escape slide shop supervisor discovered 3 B737 aircraft that had escape slides 174 days overdue for required functional checks.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 615859 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200404 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : tmb.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| ASRS Report | 615859 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maint Manual |
Narrative:
During a slide shop team meeting held apr/thu/04, supervisor questioned the due date in maintenance history computer for serial number X, installed on aircraft. Was called by maintenance records to verify the paperwork and discovered that the slide was overdue due to a misunderstanding of the yrly functional test requirement of slides that reached 15 yrs since their date of manufacture. Immediately upon the discovery, supervisor contacted planning to request the slide be removed. Records initiated an audit to ensure that no other slide dates had been incorrectly entered. Maintenance history records showed slides installed on other aircraft were discovered also as being overdue. Planning was notified and all slides were scheduled and removed by the end of the day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ESCAPE SLIDE SHOP SUPVR DISCOVERED 3 B737 ACFT THAT HAD ESCAPE SLIDES 174 DAYS OVERDUE FOR REQUIRED FUNCTIONAL CHKS.
Narrative: DURING A SLIDE SHOP TEAM MEETING HELD APR/THU/04, SUPVR QUESTIONED THE DUE DATE IN MAINT HISTORY COMPUTER FOR SERIAL NUMBER X, INSTALLED ON ACFT. WAS CALLED BY MAINT RECORDS TO VERIFY THE PAPERWORK AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SLIDE WAS OVERDUE DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE YRLY FUNCTIONAL TEST REQUIREMENT OF SLIDES THAT REACHED 15 YRS SINCE THEIR DATE OF MANUFACTURE. IMMEDIATELY UPON THE DISCOVERY, SUPVR CONTACTED PLANNING TO REQUEST THE SLIDE BE REMOVED. RECORDS INITIATED AN AUDIT TO ENSURE THAT NO OTHER SLIDE DATES HAD BEEN INCORRECTLY ENTERED. MAINT HISTORY RECORDS SHOWED SLIDES INSTALLED ON OTHER ACFT WERE DISCOVERED ALSO AS BEING OVERDUE. PLANNING WAS NOTIFIED AND ALL SLIDES WERE SCHEDULED AND REMOVED BY THE END OF THE DAY.
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.