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A319 captain reported that seals for the nose landing gear doors were installed backwards.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1461802 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 9332 Flight Crew Type 8764 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
On walk around crew noticed the rubber seals on the top of the rear nose landing gear vertical door installed backwards. The rubber seal has a long side and a short side. Usual install has the long side on the horizontal with a slight overhang past the metal of the door. These seals were installed reverse of what they should have been. [This report is] to address that this is a growing trend with multiple write ups by this crew. Someone; somewhere; is not paying attention to detail (heavy maintenance?) and putting the seals on wrong. Write up was submitted prior to boarding but we left a few mins late as maintenance had to find paperwork to confirm the write up. Seal change to correct configuration is fairly quick.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported that seals for the nose landing gear doors were installed backwards.
Narrative: On walk around crew noticed the rubber seals on the top of the rear Nose Landing Gear vertical door installed backwards. The rubber seal has a long side and a short side. Usual install has the long side on the horizontal with a slight overhang past the metal of the door. These seals were installed reverse of what they should have been. [This report is] to address that this is a growing trend with multiple write ups by this crew. Someone; somewhere; is not paying attention to detail (heavy maintenance?) and putting the seals on wrong. Write up was submitted prior to boarding but we left a few mins late as Maintenance had to find paperwork to confirm the write up. Seal change to correct configuration is fairly quick.
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.