Narrative:

[This aircraft] has three [orders] for temporary repair of the main cargo door seal depressors. [Three maintenance procedures] are all sources of temporary or permanent repair depending on which door has the damage; where is the damage located on the seal depressor; and whether it is a permanent repair or temporary. [An engineering authorization procedure] has just been revised to allow the temporary repair of the seal depressors if they are out of limits for all other sources the tracking of this ea (engineering authorization) is nonstandard tracking form the normal tracking procedures. The ea tracking criteria was entered in the [system] at the time of issuance as evidenced by the latest mx action; the tracking did not start normally and the reinspect did not get accomplished. The oem (original equipment manufacturer) has very strict tolerances for the seal depressors on all of the cargo doors on the 767. Due to the extreme number of out of service events in the last 4 months; [company] engineering has been issuing ea's and sr (structural repair) drawing internally to get more relief on the depressor. In all cases the depressor must be inspected in short intervals and replaced with 7 to 10 days depending on the damage. If the tolerances for temporary or permanent repair are going to be relaxed in order to meet the flight schedule; then it should be done from a standpoint of meeting the demand of the problem. As it happens; several ea's have been written and revised; an sr drawing was released and so on. Each time a different criteria for permanent repair or replacement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Maintenance Support person reported that temporary repair procedures for the B767-300F main cargo door seal depressors comes from different sources and are inconsistent; and the tracking of these repairs is not standard.

Narrative: [This aircraft] has three [orders] for temporary repair of the Main Cargo Door seal depressors. [Three maintenance procedures] are all sources of temporary or permanent repair depending on which door has the damage; where is the damage located on the seal depressor; and whether it is a permanent repair or temporary. [An engineering authorization procedure] has just been revised to allow the temporary repair of the seal depressors if they are out of limits for all other sources the tracking of this EA (Engineering Authorization) is nonstandard tracking form the normal tracking procedures. The EA tracking criteria was entered in the [system] at the time of issuance as evidenced by the latest MX action; the tracking did not start normally and the reinspect did not get accomplished. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) has very strict tolerances for the seal depressors on all of the cargo doors on the 767. Due to the extreme number of out of service events in the last 4 months; [company] engineering has been issuing EA's and SR (Structural Repair) drawing internally to get more relief on the depressor. In all cases the depressor must be inspected in short intervals and replaced with 7 to 10 days depending on the damage. If the tolerances for Temporary or permanent repair are going to be relaxed in order to meet the flight schedule; then it should be done from a standpoint of meeting the demand of the problem. As it happens; several EA's have been written and revised; an SR drawing was released and so on. Each time a different criteria for permanent repair or replacement.

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.