A maintenance inspector found that the wrong nose cowling was installed in the engine buildup shop.

Attributes
ACN	312718
Time
Date	199506
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gso
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	312718
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

1) #1 engine nose cowling installed on #2 engine, 2) wrong nose cowling brought to engine in shop, 3) mechanic installed cowling, 4) inspector checked installation and paperwork for inspection completed only, 5) records department checked paperwork part numbers, aug/wed/95, 6) changed cowling aug/thu/95. Engine installed on aircraft jun/wed/95 approximately at clt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MAINT INSPECTOR FOUND THAT THE WRONG NOSE COWLING WAS INSTALLED IN THE ENG BUILDUP SHOP.

Narrative: 1) #1 ENG NOSE COWLING INSTALLED ON #2 ENG, 2) WRONG NOSE COWLING BROUGHT TO ENG IN SHOP, 3) MECH INSTALLED COWLING, 4) INSPECTOR CHKED INSTALLATION AND PAPERWORK FOR INSPECTION COMPLETED ONLY, 5) RECORDS DEPT CHKED PAPERWORK PART NUMBERS, AUG/WED/95, 6) CHANGED COWLING AUG/THU/95. ENG INSTALLED ON ACFT JUN/WED/95 APPROX AT CLT.

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.