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An A300 was deiced by 2 contractors. One used company approved fluids and procedures; other used unapproved fluids. Reporter has concern as airplane at arrival station reported an accumulation of ice.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 723921 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bos.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : fcc technician : airframe technician : inspection authority |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 26 |
| ASRS Report | 723921 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft air carrier X was de-iced with knowledge of the de-icing plan requirements in accordance with de-icing plan per far 121.39. De-icing of air carrier X was accomplished by contractors (using company equipment and fluids) and another company (FBO using equipment and fluids supplied from other than our company). Air carrier X scheduled flight flew from to ZZZ1. Air carrier X was inspected by the captain of the flight crew and aircraft maintenance and determined to be clean (free of any ice accumulation on visible critical areas and/or the remaining fuselage). Air carrier X departed ZZZ jan/mon/07 without incident. Information from the flight crew upon arrival at the ZZZ1 gateway was communicated to the departure gateway. Aircraft maintenance the following day. That information included that air carrier X had accumulations of ice on the aircraft in critical areas and that the captain reported buffeting into ZZZ1 of a noticeable nature and/or concern. Aircraft maintenance safety concerns surround the conditional characteristics of the fluid mixtures applied to air carrier X at the departing gateway. Aircraft maintenance safety concerns surround the application techniques and de-icing plan procedures recognition instrumented by the applying services.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300 WAS DEICED BY 2 CONTRACTORS. ONE USED COMPANY APPROVED FLUIDS AND PROCS; OTHER USED UNAPPROVED FLUIDS. RPTR HAS CONCERN AS AIRPLANE AT ARR STATION RPTED AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE.
Narrative: ACFT ACR X WAS DE-ICED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DE-ICING PLAN REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DE-ICING PLAN PER FAR 121.39. DE-ICING OF ACR X WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTRACTORS (USING COMPANY EQUIP AND FLUIDS) AND ANOTHER COMPANY (FBO USING EQUIP AND FLUIDS SUPPLIED FROM OTHER THAN OUR COMPANY). ACR X SCHEDULED FLT FLEW FROM TO ZZZ1. ACR X WAS INSPECTED BY THE CAPT OF THE FLT CREW AND ACFT MAINT AND DETERMINED TO BE CLEAN (FREE OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION ON VISIBLE CRITICAL AREAS AND/OR THE REMAINING FUSELAGE). ACR X DEPARTED ZZZ JAN/MON/07 WITHOUT INCIDENT. INFO FROM THE FLT CREW UPON ARR AT THE ZZZ1 GATEWAY WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE DEP GATEWAY. ACFT MAINT THE FOLLOWING DAY. THAT INFO INCLUDED THAT ACR X HAD ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON THE ACFT IN CRITICAL AREAS AND THAT THE CAPT RPTED BUFFETING INTO ZZZ1 OF A NOTICEABLE NATURE AND/OR CONCERN. ACFT MAINT SAFETY CONCERNS SURROUND THE CONDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLUID MIXTURES APPLIED TO ACR X AT THE DEPARTING GATEWAY. ACFT MAINT SAFETY CONCERNS SURROUND THE APPLICATION TECHNIQUES AND DE-ICING PLAN PROCS RECOGNITION INSTRUMENTED BY THE APPLYING SVCS.
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.