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A DHC8 was released for service after fuel tank work without a required deferred item to replace the low pressure fuel filter in 70 hours.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 641069 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200412 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 641069 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Company special procedures call for generating a deferral to replace the low pressure fuel filter in 70 flight hours after work being performed in the fuel tank. On dec/sat/04, work was performed in the right wing fuel tank. On dec/mon/04, the aircraft was released for service without having a deferred maintenance item generated for the fuel filter replacement. On dec/wed/04, I generated the deferred maintenance item using the aircraft total accumulated time for the day the work was performed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DHC8 WAS RELEASED FOR SVC AFTER FUEL TANK WORK WITHOUT A REQUIRED DEFERRED ITEM TO REPLACE THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL FILTER IN 70 HRS.
Narrative: COMPANY SPECIAL PROCS CALL FOR GENERATING A DEFERRAL TO REPLACE THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL FILTER IN 70 FLT HRS AFTER WORK BEING PERFORMED IN THE FUEL TANK. ON DEC/SAT/04, WORK WAS PERFORMED IN THE R WING FUEL TANK. ON DEC/MON/04, THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SVC WITHOUT HAVING A DEFERRED MAINT ITEM GENERATED FOR THE FUEL FILTER REPLACEMENT. ON DEC/WED/04, I GENERATED THE DEFERRED MAINT ITEM USING THE ACFT TOTAL ACCUMULATED TIME FOR THE DAY THE WORK WAS PERFORMED.
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.