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An MD80 technician reports that during scheduled maintenance inspectors are not doing adequate inspections causing technicians to write up discrepancies.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540041 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 540041 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : perso 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | CHECK INSPECTION JOB CARDS |
Narrative:
MD80's on dock xx have been receiving inadequate inspections for several yrs. Rather than confront quality assurance, dock xx management chooses to decide mechanics for documenting (late finds) [discrepancies written up by technicians that inspectors missed].
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 TECHNICIAN RPTS THAT DURING SCHEDULED MAINT INSPECTORS ARE NOT DOING ADEQUATE INSPECTIONS CAUSING TECHNICIANS TO WRITE UP DISCREPANCIES.
Narrative: MD80'S ON DOCK XX HAVE BEEN RECEIVING INADEQUATE INSPECTIONS FOR SEVERAL YRS. RATHER THAN CONFRONT QUALITY ASSURANCE, DOCK XX MGMNT CHOOSES TO DECIDE MECHS FOR DOCUMENTING (LATE FINDS) [DISCREPANCIES WRITTEN UP BY TECHNICIANS THAT INSPECTORS MISSED].
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.