While attempting an interim repair to a fiberglass panel located in the flight deck; the maintenance...

Narrative:

Aircraft was reported to have a crack in the captain's side storage container. Inspection of this container showed several repairs had been attempted on this container. I reapplied the previous repairs and secured the crack by drilling a hole through the container box and secured the crack with a tie wrap; then filling with a bead of silicone. Evidently without my knowledge; a wire was damaged during the process of drilling through the fiberglass. This damage caused an auto brake malfunction on the subsequent log page. During troubleshooting of the auto-brake MEL; maintenance found the damaged wire. I was concerned with getting the aircraft out on time with no delay. This component had been damaged many times before and would have taken a long time to repair or replaced if the item was in stock. Remove aircraft from service regardless of consequences to flight schedule.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While attempting an interim repair to a fiberglass panel located in the flight deck; the Maintenance Technician inadvertently drilled into a wire bundle; causing an auto brake system malfunction.

Narrative: Aircraft was reported to have a crack in the Captain's side storage container. Inspection of this container showed several repairs had been attempted on this container. I reapplied the previous repairs and secured the crack by drilling a hole through the container box and secured the crack with a tie wrap; then filling with a bead of silicone. Evidently without my knowledge; a wire was damaged during the process of drilling through the fiberglass. This damage caused an auto brake malfunction on the subsequent log page. During troubleshooting of the auto-brake MEL; Maintenance found the damaged wire. I was concerned with getting the aircraft out on time with no delay. This component had been damaged many times before and would have taken a long time to repair or replaced if the item was in stock. Remove aircraft from service regardless of consequences to flight schedule.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	1031088
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Antiskid System
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

While attempting an interim repair to a fiberglass panel located in the flight deck; the maintenance technician inadvertently drilled into a wire bundle; causing an auto brake system malfunction.