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Reporter mechanic did repair on aircraft bleed air duct after it landed with an indicated engine fire. Due to long shift,overtime and fatigue, reporter mechanic forgot to log the repair in the logbook.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 330010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 330010 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Aircraft on takeoff experienced right engine fire warning and immediately returned to field. Aircraft was overweight for landing at approximately 107000 pounds. The bleed air duct was repaired and the overweight inspection was accomplished and not logged in logbook. Aircraft left on revenue flight. Aircraft was being worked past normal shift into overtime through breaks and lunch period non stop. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter contacted to obtain information on aircraft type -- DC9. Reporter mechanic said he was exhausted from working non stop on the aircraft repair and just forgot to log the repair in the book.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR MECH DID REPAIR ON ACFT BLEED AIR DUCT AFTER IT LANDED WITH AN INDICATED ENG FIRE. DUE TO LONG SHIFT,OVERTIME AND FATIGUE, RPTR MECH FORGOT TO LOG THE REPAIR IN THE LOGBOOK.
Narrative: ACFT ON TKOF EXPERIENCED R ENG FIRE WARNING AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO FIELD. ACFT WAS OVERWT FOR LNDG AT APPROX 107000 LBS. THE BLEED AIR DUCT WAS REPAIRED AND THE OVERWT INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND NOT LOGGED IN LOGBOOK. ACFT LEFT ON REVENUE FLT. ACFT WAS BEING WORKED PAST NORMAL SHIFT INTO OVERTIME THROUGH BREAKS AND LUNCH PERIOD NON STOP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CONTACTED TO OBTAIN INFO ON ACFT TYPE -- DC9. RPTR MECH SAID HE WAS EXHAUSTED FROM WORKING NON STOP ON THE ACFT REPAIR AND JUST FORGOT TO LOG THE REPAIR IN THE BOOK.
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.