A B757-200 with deferred items on a captain's shoulder harness frayed and a galley trash bin door no...

Attributes
ACN	544809
Time
Date	200203
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
ASRS Report	544809
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	maintenance : inspector
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	FAA

Narrative:

On mar/wed/02, FAA inspector mr X advised me of 2 items he had found on an inbound through-flight XXXX. The first item was the first class lavatory garbage bin door was weak. The second item was the captain's shoulder harness is frayed. The second item was a possible no-go item, due to no replacement parts at ZZZ. This item was my primary concern at the time. I immediately contacted B757 ZZZ1 technical for guidance and also contacted my supervisor. After discussing both items with technician he advised me of the deferral normally used for deferring the lavatory trash bin door and the maintenance manual reference for the inspection check of the frayed shoulder harness. After reviewing both pertaining to deferring the garbage bin door and the maintenance manual 25-11-00-6 which pertained to the frayed harness, I came to the following conclusions: 1) the frayed captain's harness was within maintenance manual limits and 2) PD125-99D for the door was also good. It said lavatory and galley doors. It also said to tape up the door and apply 'do not use' stickers, which I did. It did not say that the trash bin door was not included in this -- if this is the case, it should have been there. With the information and guidance available to me, I feel that both items were deferred correctly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WITH DEFERRED ITEMS ON A CAPT'S SHOULDER HARNESS FRAYED AND A GALLEY TRASH BIN DOOR NOT CLOSING. FAA INSPECTOR QUESTIONS AUTH FOR DEFERRALS.

Narrative: ON MAR/WED/02, FAA INSPECTOR MR X ADVISED ME OF 2 ITEMS HE HAD FOUND ON AN INBOUND THROUGH-FLT XXXX. THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE FIRST CLASS LAVATORY GARBAGE BIN DOOR WAS WEAK. THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE CAPT'S SHOULDER HARNESS IS FRAYED. THE SECOND ITEM WAS A POSSIBLE NO-GO ITEM, DUE TO NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AT ZZZ. THIS ITEM WAS MY PRIMARY CONCERN AT THE TIME. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED B757 ZZZ1 TECHNICAL FOR GUIDANCE AND ALSO CONTACTED MY SUPVR. AFTER DISCUSSING BOTH ITEMS WITH TECHNICIAN HE ADVISED ME OF THE DEFERRAL NORMALLY USED FOR DEFERRING THE LAVATORY TRASH BIN DOOR AND THE MAINT MANUAL REF FOR THE INSPECTION CHK OF THE FRAYED SHOULDER HARNESS. AFTER REVIEWING BOTH PERTAINING TO DEFERRING THE GARBAGE BIN DOOR AND THE MAINT MANUAL 25-11-00-6 WHICH PERTAINED TO THE FRAYED HARNESS, I CAME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS: 1) THE FRAYED CAPT'S HARNESS WAS WITHIN MAINT MANUAL LIMITS AND 2) PD125-99D FOR THE DOOR WAS ALSO GOOD. IT SAID LAVATORY AND GALLEY DOORS. IT ALSO SAID TO TAPE UP THE DOOR AND APPLY 'DO NOT USE' STICKERS, WHICH I DID. IT DID NOT SAY THAT THE TRASH BIN DOOR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS -- IF THIS IS THE CASE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. WITH THE INFO AND GUIDANCE AVAILABLE TO ME, I FEEL THAT BOTH ITEMS WERE DEFERRED CORRECTLY.

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.

A B757-200 with deferred items on a captain's shoulder harness frayed and a galley trash bin door not closing. FAA inspector questions authority/authorized for deferrals.