<< >> NASA ASRS Report 648464, February 2005

A DC9-30 had an interior door liner reported as misaligned. Technician checked door operation and cleared item and dispatched airplane. Later; technician suspected door needed rigging.

Attributes
ACN	648464
Time
Date	200502
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance technician : 22
ASRS Report	648464
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : door warning other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

While completing predep check on DC9-30 main cabin entrance MEL. The flight crew observed the inner door liner appeared to be misaligned. Upon visual inspection; door appeared to open/close normally; and fair with fuselage also. Although the log page does not adequately address the crew's concerns; orally they conveyed that the liner was their concern. As this is primarily a cosmetic item; it did not give me any concern. Upon further review of aircraft history; it was determined that the door may be improperly rigged; therefore causing the original door indication discrepancy. Aircraft X; air carrier X pt #xy.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-30 HAD AN INTERIOR DOOR LINER RPTED AS MISALIGNED. TECHNICIAN CHKED DOOR OP AND CLRED ITEM AND DISPATCHED AIRPLANE. LATER; TECHNICIAN SUSPECTED DOOR NEEDED RIGGING.

Narrative: WHILE COMPLETING PREDEP CHK ON DC9-30 MAIN CABIN ENTRANCE MEL. THE FLT CREW OBSERVED THE INNER DOOR LINER APPEARED TO BE MISALIGNED. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION; DOOR APPEARED TO OPEN/CLOSE NORMALLY; AND FAIR WITH FUSELAGE ALSO. ALTHOUGH THE LOG PAGE DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE CREW'S CONCERNS; ORALLY THEY CONVEYED THAT THE LINER WAS THEIR CONCERN. AS THIS IS PRIMARILY A COSMETIC ITEM; IT DID NOT GIVE ME ANY CONCERN. UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF ACFT HISTORY; IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR MAY BE IMPROPERLY RIGGED; THEREFORE CAUSING THE ORIGINAL DOOR INDICATION DISCREPANCY. ACFT X; ACR X PT #XY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.