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A B737-800 main landing gear brake was inadvertently installed on a B737-700 aircraft at the #4 medium large transport brake position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 766667 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 766667 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical 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 |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : briefing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Replaced a brake. Part should have been for a -700 series. Whoever received it should have also checked it; since that's the only type of aircraft we work on here. Double check the part number.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKE WAS INADVERTENTLY INSTALLED ON A B737-700 ACFT AT THE #4 MLG BRAKE POSITION.
Narrative: REPLACED A BRAKE. PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR A -700 SERIES. WHOEVER RECEIVED IT SHOULD HAVE ALSO CHKED IT; SINCE THAT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF ACFT WE WORK ON HERE. DOUBLE CHK THE PART NUMBER.
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.