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A maintenance technician reported that items were falsely documented using his employee number.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1456057 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Main Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During the night shift line; we were assigned to aircraft X with an a check and right hand main landing gear strut leak. Maintenance procedure called out for by tech services was to be accomplished prior to further flight due to the fact that time for the issued [maintenance] items had expired. We could not accomplish the procedure on the line. I inspected the right hand main landing gear strut seal and found no evidence of leakage. I signed off [the maintenance] repetitive inspection. I did not sign off [the maintenance action of] tracking purpose or permanent repair. On returning to work on [a later date I] went into safe to find out how the items had been signed off. Only to find out that my number had used to sign off both [maintenance actions]. Entries where entered into safe with my employee number by [other personnel]. Safe entries do not match logbook entries.the company needed the airplane in haste and items were falsely documented. Disregard for safety and procedures outlined in the aircraft maintenance manual and [problems] occurred.safety and in accordance with procedures should be top priority over flight schedules. Basic mgmt. Skills should be used to allocate priority aircraft to hangars when needed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician reported that items were falsely documented using his employee number.
Narrative: During the night shift line; we were assigned to Aircraft X with an A check and Right Hand Main Landing Gear strut leak. Maintenance procedure called out for by Tech services was to be accomplished prior to further flight due to the fact that time for the issued [maintenance] items had expired. We could not accomplish the procedure on the line. I inspected the Right Hand Main Landing Gear strut seal and found no evidence of leakage. I signed off [the maintenance] repetitive inspection. I did not sign off [the maintenance action of] Tracking purpose or Permanent Repair. On returning to work on [a later date I] went into safe to find out how the items had been signed off. Only to find out that my number had used to sign off both [maintenance actions]. Entries where entered into safe with my employee number by [other personnel]. Safe entries do not match logbook entries.The company needed the airplane in haste and items were falsely documented. Disregard for safety and procedures outlined in the aircraft maintenance manual and [problems] occurred.Safety and in accordance with procedures should be top priority over flight schedules. Basic mgmt. skills should be used to allocate priority aircraft to hangars when needed.
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.