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A shop technician reports overhead stowage bins removed from B737-300 aircraft for refurbishment and repair are not properly documented per the maintenance procedures manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 716881 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200611 |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| ASRS Report | 716881 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| 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 : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MX Proc Manual |
Narrative:
In structure support shop the supervisor sent all the overhead bins to be reworked. They are not following the procedures given in maintenance procedural manual as how to send parts to the shop to be worked on. It states remove from aircraft and get a repair order for the part and list discrepancies on a non-routine write-up form. They have told the guys up there to work them off of the maintenance computer program. As a side note: these parts are not in the in-house component list.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SHOP TECHNICIAN RPTS OVERHEAD STOWAGE BINS REMOVED FROM B737-300 ACFT FOR REFURBISHMENT AND REPAIR ARE NOT PROPERLY DOCUMENTED PER THE MAINT PROCS MANUAL.
Narrative: IN STRUCTURE SUPPORT SHOP THE SUPVR SENT ALL THE OVERHEAD BINS TO BE REWORKED. THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCS GIVEN IN MAINT PROCEDURAL MANUAL AS HOW TO SEND PARTS TO THE SHOP TO BE WORKED ON. IT STATES REMOVE FROM ACFT AND GET A REPAIR ORDER FOR THE PART AND LIST DISCREPANCIES ON A NON-ROUTINE WRITE-UP FORM. THEY HAVE TOLD THE GUYS UP THERE TO WORK THEM OFF OF THE MAINT COMPUTER PROGRAM. AS A SIDE NOTE: THESE PARTS ARE NOT IN THE IN-HOUSE COMPONENT LIST.
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.