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A line mechanic was informed he failed to notice during his a-check that fire extinguishing discharge nozzles were previously taped over in the forward cargo compartment of a B767-300 aircraft. The ETOPS aircraft had been released months earlier from a heavy maintenance check at a contract maintenance repair station.

Attributes
ACN	955823
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Fire Extinguishing
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe
Experience	Maintenance Technician 15
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

I was assigned to inspect the forward (fwd) cargo compartment of a B767-300 aircraft in accordance with the specified job card. After the aircraft had been released for flight; I was notified that I had signed-off the required inspection items (rii); but had overlooked a few unairworthy fire discharge nozzles. The fire discharge nozzles had apparently been taped over.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Line Mechanic was informed he failed to notice during his A-Check that Fire Extinguishing Discharge Nozzles were previously taped over in the Forward Cargo Compartment of a B767-300 aircraft. The ETOPS aircraft had been released months earlier from a Heavy Maintenance Check at a Contract Maintenance Repair Station.

Narrative: I was assigned to inspect the Forward (FWD) Cargo Compartment of a B767-300 aircraft in accordance with the specified job card. After the aircraft had been released for flight; I was notified that I had signed-off the Required Inspection Items (RII); but had overlooked a few unairworthy Fire Discharge Nozzles. The Fire Discharge Nozzles had apparently been taped over.

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.