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Mechanic reports he was not aware that his carrier previously accomplished an engineering change to the cockpit door striker assembly of an A300; resulting in his installation of the wrong part for the assembly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 814337 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 814337 |
| 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 : engineering procedure contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : briefing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
An engineering change was accomplished to the cockpit door striker assembly; without my knowledge at the time. I inadvertently installed the wrong part.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MECHANIC REPORTS HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HIS CARRIER PREVIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED AN ENGINEERING CHANGE TO THE COCKPIT DOOR STRIKER ASSEMBLY OF AN A300; RESULTING IN HIS INSTALLATION OF THE WRONG PART FOR THE ASSEMBLY.
Narrative: AN ENGINEERING CHANGE WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO THE COCKPIT DOOR STRIKER ASSEMBLY; WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME. I INADVERTENTLY INSTALLED THE WRONG PART.
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.