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A B737-700 was dispatched in non compliance with a known right engine fuel leak from a non maintenance station. Also, no logbook report on fuel leak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 552108 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200206 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 552108 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : gnd 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft was dispatched on flight on jun/sun/02 with a known discrepancy (fuel leak #2 engine). This discrepancy was known by both the captain and maintenance controller on duty. Maintenance was never notified to open cowlings and perform engine idle-run leak check to verify exactly where the leak was coming from, and the discrepancy was never logged in the aircraft logbook. When the aircraft called in range to ZZZ, flight crew notified maintenance of a possible fuel leak #2 engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A KNOWN R ENG FUEL LEAK FROM A NON MAINT STATION. ALSO, NO LOGBOOK RPT ON FUEL LEAK.
Narrative: ACFT WAS DISPATCHED ON FLT ON JUN/SUN/02 WITH A KNOWN DISCREPANCY (FUEL LEAK #2 ENG). THIS DISCREPANCY WAS KNOWN BY BOTH THE CAPT AND MAINT CTLR ON DUTY. MAINT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED TO OPEN COWLINGS AND PERFORM ENG IDLE-RUN LEAK CHK TO VERIFY EXACTLY WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM, AND THE DISCREPANCY WAS NEVER LOGGED IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. WHEN THE ACFT CALLED IN RANGE TO ZZZ, FLC NOTIFIED MAINT OF A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK #2 ENG.
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.