A maintenance controller reports he did not specifically asked a contract maintenance mechanic if he...

Narrative:

In the middle of my night shift; the maintenance control manager told the maintenance controllers working the airbus desk that we had an incident in ZZZ. We were told that another airline's winglet struck our A320 wing tip fence and a mechanic would call for a configuration deviation list (cdl). I received the call early morning for the cdl. I asked the mechanic if they had accomplished speed taping the wing tip per the maintenance procedures. He said they accomplished the maintenance procedures so I issued the cdl. I did not ask the mechanic directly if they accomplished a wing tip impact inspection. The maintenance control manager had a wing tip robbed from an aircraft in heavy maintenance and shipped to the next maintenance station; to be installed on the aircraft when it arrived from ZZZ. Two managers called me at home two days later and informed me to fill out a report in regards to the cdl that I issued to the contract maintenance mechanic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Maintenance Controller reports he did not specifically asked a Contract Maintenance Mechanic if he had accomplished a Wing Tip Impact Inspection on an A320 for a wing tip Fence damage prior to issuing a CDL deferral.

Narrative: In the middle of my night shift; the Maintenance Control Manager told the Maintenance Controllers working the Airbus desk that we had an incident in ZZZ. We were told that another airline's winglet struck our A320 wing tip fence and a Mechanic would call for a Configuration Deviation List (CDL). I received the call early morning for the CDL. I asked the Mechanic if they had accomplished speed taping the wing tip per the Maintenance procedures. He said they accomplished the Maintenance procedures so I issued the CDL. I did not ask the Mechanic directly if they accomplished a Wing Tip Impact Inspection. The Maintenance Control Manager had a wing tip robbed from an aircraft in Heavy Maintenance and shipped to the next Maintenance station; to be installed on the aircraft when it arrived from ZZZ. Two Managers called me at home two days later and informed me to fill out a report in regards to the CDL that I issued to the Contract Maintenance Mechanic.

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.

Attributes
ACN	872381
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe
Experience	Maintenance Technician 17
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural MEL

A maintenance controller reports he did not specifically asked a contract maintenance mechanic if he had accomplished a wing tip impact inspection on an A320 for a wing tip fence damage prior to issuing a cdl deferral.