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A commercial fixed wing aircraft experienced in-flight loss of all underwing fuel boost pump cover panels caused by paint in the fastener inserts which prevented fastener locking.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 385571 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| 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 Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 385571 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Performed job card xx fuel boost pump pressure check on air carrier aircraft. Flew from ZZZ-xyz. Panels were missing on arrival in xyz. Task was performed per the job card. Panels are installed with quarter turn latches. Panels were painted over these fasteners. No paint is to be on the inserts for fasteners. The new air carrier aircraft paint is covering all the newly painted fuel boost pump panels.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT EXPERIENCED INFLT LOSS OF ALL UNDERWING FUEL BOOST PUMP COVER PANELS CAUSED BY PAINT IN THE FASTENER INSERTS WHICH PREVENTED FASTENER LOCKING.
Narrative: PERFORMED JOB CARD XX FUEL BOOST PUMP PRESSURE CHK ON ACR ACFT. FLEW FROM ZZZ-XYZ. PANELS WERE MISSING ON ARR IN XYZ. TASK WAS PERFORMED PER THE JOB CARD. PANELS ARE INSTALLED WITH QUARTER TURN LATCHES. PANELS WERE PAINTED OVER THESE FASTENERS. NO PAINT IS TO BE ON THE INSERTS FOR FASTENERS. THE NEW ACR ACFT PAINT IS COVERING ALL THE NEWLY PAINTED FUEL BOOST PUMP PANELS.
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.