A line mechanic reports noticing a part missing at the left nose gear axle during replacement of the...

Attributes
ACN	953058
Time
Date	201106
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
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was assigned to work on the aircraft tow crew. We were also assigned to work a #3 service check. During the check; we wrote up both nose landing gear (nlg) tires as 'worn.' during the replacement of the nlg tires; I noticed that something was missing. According to the maintenance manual (MM); the part missing was called a 'casing' (reference MM-32-41-12; page 403 item #9). At this point we completed the rh nlg tire installation and generated a maintenance write-up item for the missing [casing].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Line Mechanic reports noticing a part missing at the left nose gear axle during replacement of the left and right Nose Landing Gear (NLG) tires on an A320 aircraft.

Narrative: I was assigned to work on the aircraft tow crew. We were also assigned to work a #3 service check. During the check; we wrote up both Nose Landing Gear (NLG) tires as 'worn.' During the replacement of the NLG tires; I noticed that something was missing. According to the Maintenance Manual (MM); the part missing was called a 'casing' (reference MM-32-41-12; page 403 Item #9). At this point we completed the RH NLG tire installation and generated a Maintenance write-up item for the missing [casing].

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 reports noticing a part missing at the left nose gear axle during replacement of the left and right nose landing gear (nlg) tires on an A320 aircraft.