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An A320 captain reports that company mechanic found an out of limits frayed rudder cable with the outsourced contract maintenance service provider tag still hanging from the cable; under the cockpit floor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 792541 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200806 |
| 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 | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 792541 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical 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 : briefing performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived in ZZZ with a bad #2 radio. Upon changing it; the mechanic found a contract service tag on the rudder cable. He also found that the rudder cable was frayed and ultimately we found it to be out of tolerance. Hopefully; our maintenance department has filed some sort of safety report on this contract maintenance provider.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 CAPTAIN REPORTS THAT COMPANY MECHANIC FOUND AN OUT OF LIMITS FRAYED RUDDER CABLE WITH THE OUTSOURCED CONTRACT MAINT SERVICE PROVIDER TAG STILL HANGING FROM THE CABLE; UNDER THE COCKPIT FLOOR.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED IN ZZZ WITH A BAD #2 RADIO. UPON CHANGING IT; THE MECH FOUND A CONTRACT SVC TAG ON THE RUDDER CABLE. HE ALSO FOUND THAT THE RUDDER CABLE WAS FRAYED AND ULTIMATELY WE FOUND IT TO BE OUT OF TOLERANCE. HOPEFULLY; OUR MAINT DEPT HAS FILED SOME SORT OF SAFETY RPT ON THIS CONTRACT MAINT PROVIDER.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.