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A B777 technician reports aircraft inspectors finding a worn main gear tire but not writing it up. Gave verbal report to technicians working airplane.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 628063 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 628063 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance 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 performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
During a quality assurance audit, quality assurance inspectors verbally reported to our supervisor aircraft XXX had a #11 tire that was worn excessively. These inspectors ordered the mechanics assigned to work the aircraft, to change the affected tire. These inspectors failed to properly document their findings.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 TECHNICIAN RPTS ACFT INSPECTORS FINDING A WORN MAIN GEAR TIRE BUT NOT WRITING IT UP. GAVE VERBAL RPT TO TECHNICIANS WORKING AIRPLANE.
Narrative: DURING A QUALITY ASSURANCE AUDIT, QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTORS VERBALLY RPTED TO OUR SUPVR ACFT XXX HAD A #11 TIRE THAT WAS WORN EXCESSIVELY. THESE INSPECTORS ORDERED THE MECHS ASSIGNED TO WORK THE ACFT, TO CHANGE THE AFFECTED TIRE. THESE INSPECTORS FAILED TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT THEIR FINDINGS.
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.