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An MD80 incurred damage to the right engine upper cowling by the APU operating with the engine cowling open.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 702115 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200606 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : san.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 702115 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Engine build-up needed an MD80 engine run qualified person. I was assigned to run the engines for them. While engine build-up was finishing up prepping the engines; I was up in the flight deck filling out trim data on the task card. While pushing out of the hangar; I started the APU without any problems indicated. On jun/tue/06 I was informed that the #2 upper engine cowl was damaged by running the APU with the #2 upper cowl open. There was no tag-out of the APU switch; for having the cowl in the open position. I was given no indication from ground crew that the cowl was open. The assumption on my part was that the cowl was closed when cleared to start engines (past experiences with engine buildup was the cowl was either removed or closed).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE R ENG UPPER COWLING BY THE APU OPERATING WITH THE ENG COWLING OPEN.
Narrative: ENG BUILD-UP NEEDED AN MD80 ENG RUN QUALIFIED PERSON. I WAS ASSIGNED TO RUN THE ENGS FOR THEM. WHILE ENG BUILD-UP WAS FINISHING UP PREPPING THE ENGS; I WAS UP IN THE FLT DECK FILLING OUT TRIM DATA ON THE TASK CARD. WHILE PUSHING OUT OF THE HANGAR; I STARTED THE APU WITHOUT ANY PROBS INDICATED. ON JUN/TUE/06 I WAS INFORMED THAT THE #2 UPPER ENG COWL WAS DAMAGED BY RUNNING THE APU WITH THE #2 UPPER COWL OPEN. THERE WAS NO TAG-OUT OF THE APU SWITCH; FOR HAVING THE COWL IN THE OPEN POS. I WAS GIVEN NO INDICATION FROM GND CREW THAT THE COWL WAS OPEN. THE ASSUMPTION ON MY PART WAS THAT THE COWL WAS CLOSED WHEN CLRED TO START ENGS (PAST EXPERIENCES WITH ENG BUILDUP WAS THE COWL WAS EITHER REMOVED OR CLOSED).
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.