A line mechanic at an international airport reports that during an arrival walk-around on a B767-300...

Attributes
ACN	928120
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Experience	Maintenance Technician 10
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During arrival walk-around found that both nose gear wheels had no tang washer installed; noticeable due axle nut was too deep into the axle showing threads of itself. After aircraft history reviewed; found that the last station who performed work on that area was (station ZZZ) during a (check letter) check; they accomplished a remove/replace (right/right) of both nose landing gear (nlg) wheels. [When we] found this situation; we proceeded to jack the airplane and removed/inspected the entire nlg wheel area for any possible damage. Since none was found; we reinstalled everything back and included two new tang washers we took from stock. All procedures were in compliance with aircraft maintenance manual (amm) reference chapter 32-45-02 and component manual chapter 32-96-51 work card.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Line Mechanic at an international airport reports that during an arrival walk-around on a B767-300 aircraft he noticed both nose tires had a missing tang washer. He recognized the axle nut was too deep into the axle threads.

Narrative: During arrival walk-around found that both nose gear wheels had no tang washer installed; noticeable due axle nut was too deep into the axle showing threads of itself. After aircraft history reviewed; found that the last station who performed work on that area was (station ZZZ) during a (Check letter) Check; they accomplished a Remove/Replace (R/R) of both Nose Landing Gear (NLG) wheels. [When we] found this situation; we proceeded to jack the airplane and removed/inspected the entire NLG wheel area for any possible damage. Since none was found; we reinstalled everything back and included two new tang washers we took from stock. All procedures were in compliance with Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) reference Chapter 32-45-02 and Component Manual Chapter 32-96-51 work card.

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.

A line mechanic at an international airport reports that during an arrival walk-around on a B767-300 aircraft he noticed both nose tires had a missing tang washer. He recognized the axle nut was too deep into the axle threads.