A B757-200 was dispatched with out of limits skin damage to the right inboard thrust reverser caused...

Attributes
ACN	415450
Time
Date	199809
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	415450
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was doing an 'a' check on aircraft xyz, and per the paperwork I was supposed to lower the flaps. I looked around to make sure there was no equipment under the flaps and went up and turned on hydraulic. Then I lowered the flaps. My partner came up and told me that the reverser cowls were open on #2 engine. I had forgotten that you could not lower flaps with reverser cowl open. So I raised the flaps back up and went down and found the damage. So the first thing I did was to go to axax, the crew chief, and told him what happened and then I went to azyx, the supervisor, and told him what happened. Azyx called a sheet metal man over to see what they could do with it. He told azyx that he thought it was out of limits, but that he would go back to the shop and make sure. I didn't hear any more about it from the sheet metal man. Azyx pulled me aside later in the morning and told me that he had taken care of it, that it was within limits and he had put it in the damage log. He gave me a silver DOT to put on damaged area. The next day I found out that azyx had used my name and employee number on the report in the damage log and that the damage was out of limits. I did not sign anything, nor did I know that it was out of limits.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED WITH OUT OF LIMITS SKIN DAMAGE TO THE R INBOARD THRUST REVERSER CAUSED BY EXTENDING SLATS AND FLAPS WITH OPEN THRUST REVERSER COWLING.

Narrative: I WAS DOING AN 'A' CHK ON ACFT XYZ, AND PER THE PAPERWORK I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOWER THE FLAPS. I LOOKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO EQUIP UNDER THE FLAPS AND WENT UP AND TURNED ON HYD. THEN I LOWERED THE FLAPS. MY PARTNER CAME UP AND TOLD ME THAT THE REVERSER COWLS WERE OPEN ON #2 ENG. I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT YOU COULD NOT LOWER FLAPS WITH REVERSER COWL OPEN. SO I RAISED THE FLAPS BACK UP AND WENT DOWN AND FOUND THE DAMAGE. SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO GO TO AXAX, THE CREW CHIEF, AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN I WENT TO AZYX, THE SUPVR, AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED. AZYX CALLED A SHEET METAL MAN OVER TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH IT. HE TOLD AZYX THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF LIMITS, BUT THAT HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE SHOP AND MAKE SURE. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT IT FROM THE SHEET METAL MAN. AZYX PULLED ME ASIDE LATER IN THE MORNING AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT, THAT IT WAS WITHIN LIMITS AND HE HAD PUT IT IN THE DAMAGE LOG. HE GAVE ME A SILVER DOT TO PUT ON DAMAGED AREA. THE NEXT DAY I FOUND OUT THAT AZYX HAD USED MY NAME AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER ON THE RPT IN THE DAMAGE LOG AND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS OUT OF LIMITS. I DID NOT SIGN ANYTHING, NOR DID I KNOW THAT IT WAS OUT OF LIMITS.

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.

A B757-200 was dispatched with out of limits skin damage to the right inboard thrust reverser caused by extending slats and flaps with open thrust reverser cowling.