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A B767-200 technician who replaced rod ends on nose steering input requests down line check on rod ends for safety wiring.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540067 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Sat |
| 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 | B767-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 540067 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On my way to work, I had a gut feeling that I may not have safetied the rod ends for the nosewheel steering input. After getting to work on 02/xa/02, XA00 hours, I reported to my supervisor to have the airplane inspected for proper safeties at its next down line station to insure they are indeed safetied.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-200 TECHNICIAN WHO REPLACED ROD ENDS ON NOSE STEERING INPUT REQUESTS DOWN LINE CHK ON ROD ENDS FOR SAFETY WIRING.
Narrative: ON MY WAY TO WORK, I HAD A GUT FEELING THAT I MAY NOT HAVE SAFETIED THE ROD ENDS FOR THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING INPUT. AFTER GETTING TO WORK ON 02/XA/02, XA00 HRS, I RPTED TO MY SUPVR TO HAVE THE AIRPLANE INSPECTED FOR PROPER SAFETIES AT ITS NEXT DOWN LINE STATION TO INSURE THEY ARE INDEED SAFETIED.
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.