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Maintenance technician reported a broken emergency button on the captain's O2 mask which was not properly reported.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1322654 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Oxygen System/Crew |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I was brought a 737 with a write-up of broken emergency button on captain O2 mask. In debriefing crew I asked pilot when he first noticed it. He asked what difference it made. I told him that if it was found previously; it should have been reported there. He told me in that case he just found it. I told him that I figured that. Fact is that pilots only check mask on preflight so I suspect he found it then. The only other time he would mess with mask is during in flight emergency (there wasn't). The fact is this is a no-go item but I believe pilots at [carrier] are being told to take airplanes to hub stations and make writeups there. My understanding of their fom says that they must report a defect and document it when they find it. There have been numerous incidents here where this has been found not to be the case.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance Technician reported a broken emergency button on the Captain's O2 mask which was not properly reported.
Narrative: I was brought a 737 with a write-up of broken emergency button on Captain O2 mask. In debriefing crew I asked pilot when he first noticed it. He asked what difference it made. I told him that if it was found previously; it should have been reported there. He told me in that case he just found it. I told him that I figured that. Fact is that pilots ONLY check mask on preflight so I suspect he found it then. The only other time he would mess with mask is during in flight emergency (there wasn't). The fact is this is a no-go item but I believe pilots at [carrier] are being told to take airplanes to hub stations and make writeups there. My understanding of their FOM says that they must report a defect and document it when they find it. There have been numerous incidents here where this has been found not to be the case.
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.