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A DC10-30 right wing tank repair accomplished by an outside vendor has carrier technicians sign off tank repair on vendor's paperwork.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 628052 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200407 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | DC-10 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : fcc technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 7 maintenance lead technician : 19 maintenance technician : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 628025 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | General Procedures Manual |
Narrative:
I provided assistance and security escort for an outside vendor, company Y. During a fuel tank leak repair on a company X DC10-30 from approximately XA00 on jul/fri/04 to XA00 on jul/sun/04. The following day I was advised, by the X organization maintenance standards coordinator, that the work cards or tags tallied against the company work order #X instead of company X air carrier maintenance cards, may not have fully complied with company X gemm 05-03-03, non routine and line maintenance non routine cards.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC10-30 R WING TANK REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY AN OUTSIDE VENDOR HAS CARRIER TECHNICIANS SIGN OFF TANK REPAIR ON VENDOR'S PAPERWORK.
Narrative: I PROVIDED ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY ESCORT FOR AN OUTSIDE VENDOR, COMPANY Y. DURING A FUEL TANK LEAK REPAIR ON A COMPANY X DC10-30 FROM APPROX XA00 ON JUL/FRI/04 TO XA00 ON JUL/SUN/04. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS ADVISED, BY THE X ORGANIZATION MAINT STANDARDS COORDINATOR, THAT THE WORK CARDS OR TAGS TALLIED AGAINST THE COMPANY WORK ORDER #X INSTEAD OF COMPANY X ACR MAINT CARDS, MAY NOT HAVE FULLY COMPLIED WITH COMPANY X GEMM 05-03-03, NON ROUTINE AND LINE MAINT NON ROUTINE CARDS.
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.