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A maintenance technician failed to properly secure tire valve stems during a service check resulting in a flight delay.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 858087 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tires |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
After performing #3 service check; per service check paper work; I was informed that (2) tire stem valves were 'backed out' and air was leaking from the stems. And that there were tires 'out of' service limits.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A maintenance Technician failed to properly secure tire valve stems during a service check resulting in a flight delay.
Narrative: After performing #3 service check; per service check paper work; I was informed that (2) tire stem valves were 'backed out' and air was leaking from the stems. And that there were tires 'out of' service limits.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.