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An aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reports about a thrust reverser assembly from a B757 engine that was dropped on the hangar floor while being moved with a forklift to a shipping crate. A thrust reverser hoist kit only included mount bolts and hoist chain assembly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236752 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Prior to installation of thrust reverser hoist assembly:1) checked out thrust reverser (T/right) hoist kit; from stores. Item was located in the engine change build up kit. 2) inspected hoist equipment available in T/right hoist kit. Items available in T/right hoist kit was: a) two sets of mount bolts; (2 each; same size and length). B) one each hoist chain assembly with mount. As is; installed equipment available for T/right removal. Mount bolts were tight and re-checked before T/right removal. Bolts remained tight. T/right was removed and moving toward the T/right shipping crate; by fork lift. At the time the T/right dropped; I was in the process of getting some covers for the engine anti-ice duct; and was walking away from the incident. But heard the impact of the T/right hitting the floor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports about a Thrust Reverser Assembly from a B757 engine that was dropped on the hangar floor while being moved with a forklift to a shipping crate. A Thrust Reverser Hoist Kit only included mount bolts and hoist chain assembly.
Narrative: Prior to installation of Thrust Reverser Hoist Assembly:1) Checked out Thrust Reverser (T/R) Hoist Kit; from Stores. Item was located in the Engine Change Build up Kit. 2) Inspected hoist equipment available in T/R Hoist Kit. Items available in T/R Hoist Kit was: A) two sets of mount bolts; (2 each; same size and length). B) one each Hoist chain assembly with mount. As is; Installed equipment available for T/R removal. Mount bolts were tight and re-checked before T/R removal. Bolts remained tight. T/R was removed and moving toward the T/R shipping crate; by fork lift. At the time the T/R dropped; I was in the process of getting some covers for the engine anti-ice duct; and was walking away from the incident. But heard the impact of the T/R hitting the floor.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.