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Ground maintenance person reinstalls a repackaged nose gear strut for an MD80 aircraft that was not svcable for installation but mismarked as svcable at ZZZ, us.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 509610 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Mon |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pou.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-82 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 509610 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Installed nose landing gear piston (strut) on aircraft X after the piston was already replaced and had 'ok to install' on the paperwork. Installed piston, svced -- gear swing good. Released aircraft back to service. Aircraft flew the next day with no problems on nose landing gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GND MAINT PERSON REINSTALLS A REPACKAGED NOSE GEAR STRUT FOR AN MD80 ACFT THAT WAS NOT SVCABLE FOR INSTALLATION BUT MISMARKED AS SVCABLE AT ZZZ, US.
Narrative: INSTALLED NOSE LNDG GEAR PISTON (STRUT) ON ACFT X AFTER THE PISTON WAS ALREADY REPLACED AND HAD 'OK TO INSTALL' ON THE PAPERWORK. INSTALLED PISTON, SVCED -- GEAR SWING GOOD. RELEASED ACFT BACK TO SVC. ACFT FLEW THE NEXT DAY WITH NO PROBS ON NOSE LNDG GEAR.
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.