Narrative:

We have a malfunctioning hangar door here at ZZZ. The door to our hangar bay-X moves when other doors (i.e. Bay X) is commanded. This is not supposed to happen. While we were going out of the bay-Y door; myself [as maintenance supervisor] and mechanic X were almost crushed when the bay-Y door was commanded 'open' [in order] to move the tug to the aircraft that had just pulled in. This is standard operations down here [at ZZZ]. We all go out to help tow our routine overnight (ron) aircraft into its assigned hangar bay. I am bringing this to your attention in hopes that this problem can be remedied before someone gets hurt. These doors weigh a lot; and if someone was to get caught between them it could be catastrophic. The discrepancy has been brought to the attention of my upper management team; but the problem never seems to duplicate when it's checked out. I do not believe this is any one person's fault. The hangar doors need to be fixed to avoid possible future injury. I did push mechanic X out of the way and injury was avoided in this instance. My personnel on shift have been notified and I will again bring it up to management in the morning when they arrive. Recommend perhaps a regular service schedule for our hangar doors. These doors get a ton of use every night. There may actually be a service schedule; I am not privy to that information. This door in bay-X needs to be adjusted or rewired.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Maintenance Supervisor reports about a malfunctioning hangar door that suddenly moves when a different hangar door is commanded 'open;' endangering aircraft and serious injury to Maintenance personnel.

Narrative: We have a malfunctioning hangar door here at ZZZ. The door to our Hangar Bay-X moves when other doors (i.e. Bay X) is commanded. This is not supposed to happen. While we were going out of the Bay-Y door; myself [as Maintenance Supervisor] and Mechanic X were almost crushed when the Bay-Y door was commanded 'Open' [in order] to move the tug to the aircraft that had just pulled in. This is standard operations down here [at ZZZ]. We all go out to help tow our Routine Overnight (RON) aircraft into its assigned Hangar Bay. I am bringing this to your attention in hopes that this problem can be remedied before someone gets hurt. These doors weigh a lot; and if someone was to get caught between them it could be catastrophic. The discrepancy has been brought to the attention of my upper Management team; but the problem never seems to duplicate when it's checked out. I do not believe this is any one person's fault. The Hangar doors need to be fixed to avoid possible future injury. I did push Mechanic X out of the way and injury was avoided in this instance. My personnel on shift have been notified and I will again bring it up to Management in the morning when they arrive. Recommend perhaps a regular service schedule for our Hangar doors. These doors get a ton of use every night. There may actually be a Service Schedule; I am not privy to that information. This door in Bay-X needs to be adjusted or rewired.

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.