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A maintenance technician reported neglecting to deflate an unserviceable landing gear tire prior to shipping it.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1453267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wheel Assemblies |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Found damaged #2 main landing gear tire; replaced #2 wheel assembly.after removing installed wheel and before transporting it back to [the] hangar; failed to deflate the damaged tire in accordance with the aircraft maintenance manual note '...deflate the tire to prevent transporting an inflated tire.' tire assembly was shipped still inflated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician reported neglecting to deflate an unserviceable landing gear tire prior to shipping it.
Narrative: Found damaged #2 main landing gear tire; replaced #2 wheel assembly.After removing installed wheel and before transporting it back to [the] hangar; failed to deflate the damaged tire in accordance with the Aircraft Maintenance Manual NOTE '...deflate the tire to prevent transporting an inflated tire.' Tire assembly was shipped still inflated.
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.