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A DC10-30 was dispatched with the aft flight attendant seat at door 4L emergency oxygen compartment door cover missing. Door cover deferred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 629428 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| 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 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sfo.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 44 |
| ASRS Report | 629428 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : non availability of parts performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While working on aircraft X, it was brought to my attention that a door cover for the flight attendant seat oxygen was missing. I could not locate the cover in the aircraft. One was ordered but was not in stock. I wrote the discrepancy up in the logbook. The oxygen, mask, were not impaired and the airworthiness of the aircraft were not impaired. I contacted maintenance control and told them the problem about the door missing. We both agreed that a maintenance control deferral was ok. I could not see any reason to take the seat out under these conditions. Later the logbook was changed from my maintenance ctrl deferral to an MEL 25-23D. This seems to be a grey area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC10-30 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE AFT FLT ATTENDANT SEAT AT DOOR 4L EMER OXYGEN COMPARTMENT DOOR COVER MISSING. DOOR COVER DEFERRED.
Narrative: WHILE WORKING ON ACFT X, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN THAT A DOOR COVER FOR THE FLT ATTENDANT SEAT OXYGEN WAS MISSING. I COULD NOT LOCATE THE COVER IN THE ACFT. ONE WAS ORDERED BUT WAS NOT IN STOCK. I WROTE THE DISCREPANCY UP IN THE LOGBOOK. THE OXYGEN, MASK, WERE NOT IMPAIRED AND THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE ACFT WERE NOT IMPAIRED. I CONTACTED MAINT CTL AND TOLD THEM THE PROB ABOUT THE DOOR MISSING. WE BOTH AGREED THAT A MAINT CTL DEFERRAL WAS OK. I COULD NOT SEE ANY REASON TO TAKE THE SEAT OUT UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. LATER THE LOGBOOK WAS CHANGED FROM MY MAINT CTRL DEFERRAL TO AN MEL 25-23D. THIS SEEMS TO BE A GREY AREA.
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.