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DH8 was released for service with several fuselage dents deferred. Repair document used as reference allowed only 1 dent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 684351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200502 |
| 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 8-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 684351 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | technician : inspection authority |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Structural Repair Document |
Narrative:
Fuselage damage was discovered. Research was done in the published repair documents. One was found that fit our dent dimensions; but we missed the statement of only 1 dent. We placed the damage on deferred maintenance and the aircraft was flown.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DH8 WAS RELEASED FOR SVC WITH SEVERAL FUSELAGE DENTS DEFERRED. REPAIR DOCUMENT USED AS REF ALLOWED ONLY 1 DENT.
Narrative: FUSELAGE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED. RESEARCH WAS DONE IN THE PUBLISHED REPAIR DOCUMENTS. ONE WAS FOUND THAT FIT OUR DENT DIMENSIONS; BUT WE MISSED THE STATEMENT OF ONLY 1 DENT. WE PLACED THE DAMAGE ON DEFERRED MAINT AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN.
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.