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A B737-200 was dispatched in non compliance with a deferred radar scanner repaired but cleared in the logbook improperly with no part number.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 542351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 542351 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 maint |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : non availability of parts contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On mar/tue/02, I was working on aircraft X on line routine overnight check. We had an MEL on the WX radar (antenna fault). We got a new drive motor shipped in from ZZZ. It was bad from stock maintenance control. Made the call to rob aircraft Y, the problem being number 67 is removed from service and its records removed from maintenance computer. The only way to make parts serviceable was to hand print a tag. The trouble with that is rotable parts need a numbered tag for tracking and that number is a required item in the logbook. I cleared the MEL without this number. All of this was done under maintenance control and line supervisor direction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DEFERRED RADAR SCANNER REPAIRED BUT CLRED IN THE LOGBOOK IMPROPERLY WITH NO PART NUMBER.
Narrative: ON MAR/TUE/02, I WAS WORKING ON ACFT X ON LINE ROUTINE OVERNIGHT CHK. WE HAD AN MEL ON THE WX RADAR (ANTENNA FAULT). WE GOT A NEW DRIVE MOTOR SHIPPED IN FROM ZZZ. IT WAS BAD FROM STOCK MAINT CTL. MADE THE CALL TO ROB ACFT Y, THE PROB BEING NUMBER 67 IS REMOVED FROM SVC AND ITS RECORDS REMOVED FROM MAINT COMPUTER. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE PARTS SERVICEABLE WAS TO HAND PRINT A TAG. THE TROUBLE WITH THAT IS ROTABLE PARTS NEED A NUMBERED TAG FOR TRACKING AND THAT NUMBER IS A REQUIRED ITEM IN THE LOGBOOK. I CLRED THE MEL WITHOUT THIS NUMBER. ALL OF THIS WAS DONE UNDER MAINT CTL AND LINE SUPVR DIRECTION.
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.