Maintenance failed to remove control tie down during airworthiness directive compliance.

Attributes
ACN	255153
Time
Date	199310
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	255153
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During the accomplishment of airworthiness directive the replacement of fasteners for butt door hinges on lower rear spar of an medium large transport, tie wraps were wrapped around control cables at approximately station 164, inboard flap hinge fitting, to bundle cables together for working clearance. When tie wraps were installed, there were no flags installed per routine practice, nor was this system marked with a disable tag in the cockpit on control wheels. The work was completed and inspected. The work area was inspected per company accepted policy before closing for rags, trash, etc, and ok'd to close. The aircraft was returned to flight operation. During crew preflight, controls were stiff and would not return to neutral. Wraps were removed. System normal. Before aircraft is released from maintenance, a final close-up and inspection card is completed. Before the card was revised, 1 step on cockpit check was a control movement check, which was removed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MAINT FAILED TO REMOVE CTL TIE DOWN DURING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE.

Narrative: DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE THE REPLACEMENT OF FASTENERS FOR BUTT DOOR HINGES ON LOWER REAR SPAR OF AN MLG, TIE WRAPS WERE WRAPPED AROUND CTL CABLES AT APPROX STATION 164, INBOARD FLAP HINGE FITTING, TO BUNDLE CABLES TOGETHER FOR WORKING CLRNC. WHEN TIE WRAPS WERE INSTALLED, THERE WERE NO FLAGS INSTALLED PER ROUTINE PRACTICE, NOR WAS THIS SYS MARKED WITH A DISABLE TAG IN THE COCKPIT ON CTL WHEELS. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AND INSPECTED. THE WORK AREA WAS INSPECTED PER COMPANY ACCEPTED POLICY BEFORE CLOSING FOR RAGS, TRASH, ETC, AND OK'D TO CLOSE. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO FLT OP. DURING CREW PREFLT, CTLS WERE STIFF AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL. WRAPS WERE REMOVED. SYS NORMAL. BEFORE ACFT IS RELEASED FROM MAINT, A FINAL CLOSE-UP AND INSPECTION CARD IS COMPLETED. BEFORE THE CARD WAS REVISED, 1 STEP ON COCKPIT CHK WAS A CTL MOVEMENT CHK, WHICH WAS REMOVED.

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.