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A plating technician reports that aircraft parts prepared for cadmium chrome plating are grit blasted with the improper material.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411650 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 411650 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other oversight : supervisor |
| 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:
110 states that parts to be grit blasted with grit 180 or finer, the grit being used is 120. This was discovered aug/xx/98. Informed lead mechanic upon discovery, he informed supervisor xyxyz. He instructed me to continue procedures as normal, parts blasted for chrome cadmium.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PLATING TECHNICIAN RPTS THAT ACFT PARTS PREPARED FOR CADMIUM CHROME PLATING ARE GRIT BLASTED WITH THE IMPROPER MATERIAL.
Narrative: 110 STATES THAT PARTS TO BE GRIT BLASTED WITH GRIT 180 OR FINER, THE GRIT BEING USED IS 120. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AUG/XX/98. INFORMED LEAD MECH UPON DISCOVERY, HE INFORMED SUPVR XYXYZ. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO CONTINUE PROCS AS NORMAL, PARTS BLASTED FOR CHROME CADMIUM.
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.