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A B737-700 was dispatched after the nose landing gear taxi light was repaired. Lamp was replaced. Found lamp missing on arrival of first flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 726524 |
| 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 | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 726524 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | observation : air carrier inspector other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
At XA30 I was called into work for air carrier X. I was informed the aircraft had a nose taxi light broken. I arrived at the airport at XB50. The nose taxi light lamp was broken. Only the front of the lamp was broken and missing. The back of the lamp and wire terminals remained in the taxi light housing assembly. At this time I removed and replaced the nose taxi lamp per the aircraft maintenance manual. The new lamp tested ok. At this time I signed off the logbook and the aircraft departed. I received a letter from an aviation safety inspector that in ZZZ that the nose taxi light lamp was missing and under investigation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 WAS DISPATCHED AFTER THE NOSE LNDG GEAR TAXI LIGHT WAS REPAIRED. LAMP WAS REPLACED. FOUND LAMP MISSING ON ARR OF FIRST FLT.
Narrative: AT XA30 I WAS CALLED INTO WORK FOR ACR X. I WAS INFORMED THE ACFT HAD A NOSE TAXI LIGHT BROKEN. I ARRIVED AT THE ARPT AT XB50. THE NOSE TAXI LIGHT LAMP WAS BROKEN. ONLY THE FRONT OF THE LAMP WAS BROKEN AND MISSING. THE BACK OF THE LAMP AND WIRE TERMINALS REMAINED IN THE TAXI LIGHT HOUSING ASSEMBLY. AT THIS TIME I REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NOSE TAXI LAMP PER THE ACFT MAINT MANUAL. THE NEW LAMP TESTED OK. AT THIS TIME I SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK AND THE ACFT DEPARTED. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR THAT IN ZZZ THAT THE NOSE TAXI LIGHT LAMP WAS MISSING AND UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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.