A319 technician reported that during an audit; it was discovered that he had installed an incorrect ...

Narrative:

I was informed that I installed the wrong transceiver on an airbus 319 two and a half months ago. I had to go back into history to find the sign off and still do not remember the incident. I looked at the ipc 34-42-33-06; 34-42-33-07 and 34-42-33-08; 3 different parts that can be installed on this aircraft and I had the filter on to filter out other aircraft. Today; the ipc is still confusing with 3 different choices. One would think with the filter on you would get only one choice. Whoever is in charge of updating manuals is failing the mechanic. I try to do the best job daily; but it is an uphill battle with manuals. After 2 years; we just got an airbus ipc revised! 2 years! The engineer saw the problem and it still took that long to correct. It is a constant battle to get manuals revised. I take full responsibility if I did install the wrong part; but it would be a lot easier if looking at ipc's was not a guessing game.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Technician reported that during an audit; it was discovered that he had installed an incorrect part on an aircraft; which took two and a half months to discover.

Narrative: I was informed that I installed the wrong transceiver on an Airbus 319 two and a half months ago. I had to go back into history to find the sign off and still do not remember the incident. I looked at the IPC 34-42-33-06; 34-42-33-07 and 34-42-33-08; 3 different parts that can be installed on this aircraft and I had the filter on to filter out other aircraft. Today; the IPC is still confusing with 3 different choices. One would think with the filter on you would get only one choice. Whoever is in charge of updating manuals is failing the mechanic. I try to do the best job daily; but it is an uphill battle with manuals. After 2 years; we just got an Airbus IPC revised! 2 years! The engineer saw the problem and it still took that long to correct. It is a constant battle to get manuals revised. I take full responsibility if I did install the wrong part; but it would be a lot easier if looking at IPC's was not a guessing game.

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Attributes
ACN	1742281
Time
Date	202002
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Component
Aircraft Component	VHF
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A319 technician reported that during an audit; it was discovered that he had installed an incorrect part on an aircraft; which took two and a half months to discover.