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An air carrier line maintenance mechanic reports he had inadvertently safety wired the #1 engine idg quad ring locking bolt head backwards on an A330 after checking bolt torque.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 925969 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Experience | Maintenance Technician 4 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Performed inspection on #1 engine idg quad ring [bolt] torque. Re-safetied idg quad ring bolt. After shift; went home and slept; woke up and realized that I might have safetied the bolt backwards. Filling out the NASA report and worrying about it should be enough to not make mistake again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Line Maintenance Mechanic reports he had inadvertently safety wired the #1 engine IDG Quad Ring locking bolt head backwards on an A330 after checking bolt torque.
Narrative: Performed inspection on #1 engine IDG Quad Ring [bolt] torque. Re-safetied IDG Quad Ring bolt. After shift; went home and slept; woke up and realized that I might have safetied the bolt backwards. Filling out the NASA report and worrying about it should be enough to not make mistake again.
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.