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Technician reported that work cards associated with the use of biobor jl in aircraft fuel tanks during storage are missing critical information and should be revised.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1743724 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Storage System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
This task card instructs to drain water out of the fuel tanks. Stored aircraft fuel tanks have been treated with the hazardous chemical biobor jl. There is no caution or warning in the document making the technician aware that precautions need to be taken. The fuel that is removed from the tank has to be disposed of in a particular way. There is no caution or warning for that either.include cautions in the step for ppe (personnel protective equipment) requirements and disposal of treated fuel. Include requirements in document header under tooling and under references to any applicable maintenance documents.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Technician reported that Work Cards associated with the use of Biobor JL in aircraft fuel tanks during storage are missing critical information and should be revised.
Narrative: This task card instructs to drain water out of the fuel tanks. Stored aircraft fuel tanks have been treated with the hazardous chemical Biobor JL. There is no caution or warning in the document making the technician aware that precautions need to be taken. The fuel that is removed from the tank has to be disposed of in a particular way. There is no caution or warning for that either.Include cautions in the step for PPE (Personnel Protective Equipment) requirements and disposal of treated fuel. Include requirements in document header under tooling and under references to any applicable maintenance documents.
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.