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Attributes | |
ACN | 468107 |
Time | |
Date | 200004 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
State Reference | US |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B727-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | maintenance : lead technician |
Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
Experience | maintenance lead technician : 2 maintenance technician : 31 |
ASRS Report | 468107 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | maintenance : technician |
Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
Experience | maintenance technician : 34 |
ASRS Report | 467796 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | other other |
Factors | |
Maintenance | performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Aircraft xyz (B727) on a flight from ZZZ (flight XXX) rptedly lost a tailcone on takeoff out of ZZZ. Maintenance control (abc) called to inspect engines to determine if a tailcone was missing. On preliminary inspection it was determined that #2 engine was missing a tailcone and a gouge was located in the acoustical liner. 2 mechanics were assigned to determine damage and in working with approved manuals the tailcone was deferred. An engineering repair authority/authorized wxwx was approved to apply a time limited repair to the acoustical liner. Any other damage was reported to be minimal. The tailcone entry and engineering repair authority/authorized entry were logged and per entries the airworthiness release was signed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 ON TKOF LOST #2 ENG TAILCONE AND DAMAGED THE ACOUSTICAL TAILPIPE LINER. DAMAGE INSPECTED AND WITH ENGINEERING AUTH DEFERRED.
Narrative: ACFT XYZ (B727) ON A FLT FROM ZZZ (FLT XXX) RPTEDLY LOST A TAILCONE ON TKOF OUT OF ZZZ. MAINT CTL (ABC) CALLED TO INSPECT ENGS TO DETERMINE IF A TAILCONE WAS MISSING. ON PRELIMINARY INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT #2 ENG WAS MISSING A TAILCONE AND A GOUGE WAS LOCATED IN THE ACOUSTICAL LINER. 2 MECHS WERE ASSIGNED TO DETERMINE DAMAGE AND IN WORKING WITH APPROVED MANUALS THE TAILCONE WAS DEFERRED. AN ENGINEERING REPAIR AUTH WXWX WAS APPROVED TO APPLY A TIME LIMITED REPAIR TO THE ACOUSTICAL LINER. ANY OTHER DAMAGE WAS RPTED TO BE MINIMAL. THE TAILCONE ENTRY AND ENGINEERING REPAIR AUTH ENTRY WERE LOGGED AND PER ENTRIES THE AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE WAS SIGNED.
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.