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A B767 was dispatched in non compliance with a main gear tire and wheel assembly installed without the required spacer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489246 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 489246 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 489245 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : lighting performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was informed today at XA30 am by my supervisor that the tire I had changed on aircraft xyz had to be changed again in XXX due to failure of the wheel bearing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the cause of the wheel bearing failure was the wheel spacer was not installed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A MAIN GEAR TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY INSTALLED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED SPACER.
Narrative: I WAS INFORMED TODAY AT XA30 AM BY MY SUPVR THAT THE TIRE I HAD CHANGED ON ACFT XYZ HAD TO BE CHANGED AGAIN IN XXX DUE TO FAILURE OF THE WHEEL BEARING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE WHEEL BEARING FAILURE WAS THE WHEEL SPACER WAS NOT INSTALLED.
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.