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Airbus maintenance crew reported that the trailing edge flap was damaged when a flight spoiler lock-out not removed prior to retraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1580758 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Trailing Edge Flap |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During installation of right hand #2 spoiler installation it was required to raise flaps to check the clearance of the spoiler to the flap when flaps are up. I was in the flight deck running the flaps and was given go by ground mechanic. I proceeded to raise flaps increment at a time and then during the flap retraction process I was told hold and lower flaps back down. I took them down and shut down hydraulic power and went down to see what had happened. The 2 mechanics were there looking at the flap and found that it was damaged by a spoiler lock left in area. [We were] tired due to hours awake and pressure to get the job done and aircraft back into service. Always a push with no time and manpower. [We need] manpower and time on aircraft to get jobs done. Scheduling is not planning out proper time for manpower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Airbus maintenance crew reported that the trailing edge flap was damaged when a flight spoiler lock-out not removed prior to retraction.
Narrative: During installation of right hand #2 spoiler installation it was required to raise flaps to check the clearance of the spoiler to the flap when flaps are up. I was in the flight deck running the flaps and was given go by ground mechanic. I proceeded to raise flaps increment at a time and then during the flap retraction process I was told hold and lower flaps back down. I took them down and shut down hydraulic power and went down to see what had happened. The 2 mechanics were there looking at the flap and found that it was damaged by a spoiler lock left in area. [We were] tired due to hours awake and pressure to get the job done and aircraft back into service. Always a push with no time and manpower. [We need] manpower and time on aircraft to get jobs done. Scheduling is not planning out proper time for manpower.
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.