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An air carrier's mechanic's CAT ii training currency had expired. Unaware of this, the mechanic returned an aircraft's CAT ii equipment, to service, and removed placard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 296756 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 296756 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Company boeing 737-300 arrived in cleveland on jan/xx/95 with logbook write-up that a CAT ii approach was made on autoplt 'a' and was successful. Aircraft was upgraded to CAT ii, and annuciator, on captain's side, turned over to CAT ii status, and placard removed. Procedures were complied with, except my CAT ii status expired in my training records without being updated. I believe, if a more accessible way of reviewing my training due dates on certain aircraft equipment was in a visible area (such as management posting training records in workshop), and updated every 2 months -- rather than the current system in place, my actions may have been prevented. This suggestion may also prevent mechanics in the future, from making the same mistake. Aircraft was dispatched without incident and noncompliance, on my part, was discovered by company qa as per supervisor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR'S MECH'S CAT II TRAINING CURRENCY HAD EXPIRED. UNAWARE OF THIS, THE MECH RETURNED AN ACFT'S CAT II EQUIP, TO SVC, AND REMOVED PLACARD.
Narrative: COMPANY BOEING 737-300 ARRIVED IN CLEVELAND ON JAN/XX/95 WITH LOGBOOK WRITE-UP THAT A CAT II APCH WAS MADE ON AUTOPLT 'A' AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. ACFT WAS UPGRADED TO CAT II, AND ANNUCIATOR, ON CAPT'S SIDE, TURNED OVER TO CAT II STATUS, AND PLACARD REMOVED. PROCS WERE COMPLIED WITH, EXCEPT MY CAT II STATUS EXPIRED IN MY TRAINING RECORDS WITHOUT BEING UPDATED. I BELIEVE, IF A MORE ACCESSIBLE WAY OF REVIEWING MY TRAINING DUE DATES ON CERTAIN ACFT EQUIP WAS IN A VISIBLE AREA (SUCH AS MGMNT POSTING TRAINING RECORDS IN WORKSHOP), AND UPDATED EVERY 2 MONTHS -- RATHER THAN THE CURRENT SYS IN PLACE, MY ACTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THIS SUGGESTION MAY ALSO PREVENT MECHS IN THE FUTURE, FROM MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NONCOMPLIANCE, ON MY PART, WAS DISCOVERED BY COMPANY QA AS PER SUPVR.
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.