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Technician discovered emergency oxygen canister improperly installed rendering it inoperative on an A319.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1643248 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| 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 | Oxygen System/Portable |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While performing [maintenance]: install 'pull' strap on flight attendant (flight attendant) O2 masks- aft galley center (center) aisle flight attendant O2 box; found O2 canister safety pin and red streamer still installed when I opened the panel to install the pull straps. This safety pin clearly says to remove after canister installation; and should there have been an emergency requiring use of these O2 masks; it would prevent O2 canister from working at all. Per the [engineering order] task card I removed the safety pin and streamer before closing the panel and performing an operational check of the repacked O2 masks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Technician discovered emergency oxygen canister improperly installed rendering it inoperative on an A319.
Narrative: While performing [maintenance]: Install 'PULL' strap on FA (Flight Attendant) O2 Masks- Aft Galley CTR (Center) Aisle FA O2 Box; found O2 canister safety pin and red streamer still installed when I opened the panel to install the pull straps. This safety pin clearly says to remove after canister installation; and should there have been an emergency requiring use of these O2 masks; it would prevent O2 canister from working at all. Per the [Engineering Order] task card I removed the safety pin and streamer before closing the panel and performing an operational check of the repacked O2 masks.
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.