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A B777-300 was dispatched in non compliance with an incorrect main gear tire and wheel assembly installed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 503820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Sun |
| 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 | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 503820 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
We had jacked the plane to find the cut. It had been deferred. We found the cut and replaced the tire. We didn't make the correlation between the plane number and the tire. The plane was a 'B777 heavy' and we installed a 'B777 light' tire. Tire was replaced at XXX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN INCORRECT MAIN GEAR TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY INSTALLED.
Narrative: WE HAD JACKED THE PLANE TO FIND THE CUT. IT HAD BEEN DEFERRED. WE FOUND THE CUT AND REPLACED THE TIRE. WE DIDN'T MAKE THE CORRELATION BTWN THE PLANE NUMBER AND THE TIRE. THE PLANE WAS A 'B777 HVY' AND WE INSTALLED A 'B777 LIGHT' TIRE. TIRE WAS REPLACED AT XXX.
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.