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A B767 nose tire was replaced for a low pressure report on a terminal gate. Wheel and tire assembly replaced. Technicians failed to install wheel spacer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 723390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| 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 | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 723390 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Left nose tire was replaced on dec/xa/06; due to pilot's report of low tire pressure by me and without incident until received from ZZZ maintenance manual stating that they found a spacer missing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 NOSE TIRE WAS REPLACED FOR A LOW PRESSURE RPT ON A TERMINAL GATE. WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY REPLACED. TECHNICIANS FAILED TO INSTALL WHEEL SPACER.
Narrative: L NOSE TIRE WAS REPLACED ON DEC/XA/06; DUE TO PLT'S RPT OF LOW TIRE PRESSURE BY ME AND WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL RECEIVED FROM ZZZ MAINT MANUAL STATING THAT THEY FOUND A SPACER MISSING.
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.