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A B737-700 was found by the first officer to have a nose gear wire bundle improperly taped with lime green tape. Investigation by maintenance revealed no reason for tape.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 721759 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 721759 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA Environmental Factor Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
During preflight discovered lime green fluorescent tape around a bundle of wires in the nosewheel. The tape was stuffing the wires into a gap on the nose gear assembly slightly in front the nose gear lock down pin; but behind the vertical portion of the gear. I called line maintenance and asked for a mechanic. A mechanic appeared and I asked if this was normal since I never recall seeing it on any airplane during my 7 yrs of preflts. He looked at it and said 'no; someone's in deep....' we wrote up the item. Maintenance investigated and could not find any history or reason why this tape was holding the bundle of wires to the nose gear. An avionics technician signed off the logbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 WAS FOUND BY THE FO TO HAVE A NOSE GEAR WIRE BUNDLE IMPROPERLY TAPED WITH LIME GREEN TAPE. INVESTIGATION BY MAINT REVEALED NO REASON FOR TAPE.
Narrative: DURING PREFLT DISCOVERED LIME GREEN FLUORESCENT TAPE AROUND A BUNDLE OF WIRES IN THE NOSEWHEEL. THE TAPE WAS STUFFING THE WIRES INTO A GAP ON THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY SLIGHTLY IN FRONT THE NOSE GEAR LOCK DOWN PIN; BUT BEHIND THE VERT PORTION OF THE GEAR. I CALLED LINE MAINT AND ASKED FOR A MECH. A MECH APPEARED AND I ASKED IF THIS WAS NORMAL SINCE I NEVER RECALL SEEING IT ON ANY AIRPLANE DURING MY 7 YRS OF PREFLTS. HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID 'NO; SOMEONE'S IN DEEP....' WE WROTE UP THE ITEM. MAINT INVESTIGATED AND COULD NOT FIND ANY HISTORY OR REASON WHY THIS TAPE WAS HOLDING THE BUNDLE OF WIRES TO THE NOSE GEAR. AN AVIONICS TECHNICIAN SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK.
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.