Narrative:

On mar/mon/92, air carrier medium large transport landed at ord. After taxiing in, the flight crew called in a maintenance item that the right aft overwing exit handle cover fell off on that landing. I was assigned to this aircraft. When I went out to the airplane, the flight crew and passenger had all deplaned. Upon inspection of the right aft overwing exit, I found that the exit did not have the covers over the handles. After reviewing the logbook again, I verified that the write-up was indeed, 'on touchdown the right aft overwing exit opened.' this was different from the initial maintenance item called in. Talking to the flight crew later, they said they were initially misinformed about what occurred and called in again and changed the initial write-up. Upon learning this new information, I re-inspected the exit, removed the exit door and inspected the area thoroughly. I found no defects, reinstalled the window and safety wired the handle shut. My actual sign off in the logbook was 'inspected right after overwing exit, found to be properly installed, no defects noted.' (I suspect a passenger may have been handling the exit). That night, I called air carrier tech facility about the situation. Spoke to mr X or mr Y and was told that they would put out an item to have nashville (the aircraft destination that night) inspect the door. No item was reference and this problem did not repeat itself.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MECH RPTR CONCERNED OVER ACCURACY AND SCOPE OF LOGBOOK SIGN OFF RELATIVE TO LOGBOOK WRITE UP.

Narrative: ON MAR/MON/92, ACR MLG LANDED AT ORD. AFTER TAXIING IN, THE FLC CALLED IN A MAINT ITEM THAT THE R AFT OVERWING EXIT HANDLE COVER FELL OFF ON THAT LNDG. I WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS ACFT. WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE AIRPLANE, THE FLC AND PAX HAD ALL DEPLANED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE R AFT OVERWING EXIT, I FOUND THAT THE EXIT DID NOT HAVE THE COVERS OVER THE HANDLES. AFTER REVIEWING THE LOGBOOK AGAIN, I VERIFIED THAT THE WRITE-UP WAS INDEED, 'ON TOUCHDOWN THE R AFT OVERWING EXIT OPENED.' THIS WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE INITIAL MAINT ITEM CALLED IN. TALKING TO THE FLC LATER, THEY SAID THEY WERE INITIALLY MISINFORMED ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED AND CALLED IN AGAIN AND CHANGED THE INITIAL WRITE-UP. UPON LEARNING THIS NEW INFO, I RE-INSPECTED THE EXIT, REMOVED THE EXIT DOOR AND INSPECTED THE AREA THOROUGHLY. I FOUND NO DEFECTS, REINSTALLED THE WINDOW AND SAFETY WIRED THE HANDLE SHUT. MY ACTUAL SIGN OFF IN THE LOGBOOK WAS 'INSPECTED R AFTER OVERWING EXIT, FOUND TO BE PROPERLY INSTALLED, NO DEFECTS NOTED.' (I SUSPECT A PAX MAY HAVE BEEN HANDLING THE EXIT). THAT NIGHT, I CALLED ACR TECH FAC ABOUT THE SITUATION. SPOKE TO MR X OR MR Y AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD PUT OUT AN ITEM TO HAVE NASHVILLE (THE ACFT DEST THAT NIGHT) INSPECT THE DOOR. NO ITEM WAS REF AND THIS PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT ITSELF.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.