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During the newly overhauled engine inspection; the inspecting technician found the primary and secondary fuel manifold packing and farrow missing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 668192 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200507 |
| 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 | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 668192 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon inspection; found primary and secondary fuel manifold leaking. Removed lines. Found missing packing and farrow. Engine was received from contract maintenance shop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING THE NEWLY OVERHAULED ENG INSPECTION; THE INSPECTING TECHNICIAN FOUND THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FUEL MANIFOLD PACKING AND FARROW MISSING.
Narrative: UPON INSPECTION; FOUND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FUEL MANIFOLD LEAKING. REMOVED LINES. FOUND MISSING PACKING AND FARROW. ENG WAS RECEIVED FROM CONTRACT MAINT SHOP.
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.