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A B737-800 technician working heavy maintenance checks reports spare engine being robbed of parts with no record of transactions or inspections.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 631732 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| 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 | 631732 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : non availability of parts contributing factor : tooling performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Company Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maint. Proc. Manual |
Narrative:
Maintenance on engine with unaccountable technicians non routine write-ups being done on engine. Engine stored at dock X for use as spare parts for g-chks. Parts being robbed and no paperwork to show what was removed or replaced with no rii 'INS.' no process in place to track work done on a non routine write-up part such as an engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 TECHNICIAN WORKING HVY MAINT CHKS RPTS SPARE ENG BEING ROBBED OF PARTS WITH NO RECORD OF TRANSACTIONS OR INSPECTIONS.
Narrative: MAINT ON ENG WITH UNACCOUNTABLE TECHNICIANS NON ROUTINE WRITE-UPS BEING DONE ON ENG. ENG STORED AT DOCK X FOR USE AS SPARE PARTS FOR G-CHKS. PARTS BEING ROBBED AND NO PAPERWORK TO SHOW WHAT WAS REMOVED OR REPLACED WITH NO RII 'INS.' NO PROCESS IN PLACE TO TRACK WORK DONE ON A NON ROUTINE WRITE-UP PART SUCH AS AN ENG.
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.