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A convair 640 inspector alleges upper management delaying for several weeks repair of an ADF system on an aircraft routed overwater.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 562233 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Convair 640 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe technician : inspection authority |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 5 maintenance technician : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 562233 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MEL |
Narrative:
After lunch, director of operations called my office and advised mr X in the presence of myself and my assistant chief inspector (on speaker phone) that the ADF in aft X in ZZZ1 was inoperative, had been inoperative for a couple of weeks. The chief pilot has been getting radar vectors into ZZZ2 because of it. Mr xx was advised today that our pmi and pma would be is ZZZ1 in nov/02 and he wanted to be sure that mr X got an ADF to ZZZ1 before the FAA arrived. I had him on speaker extension, so I could have witnesses that top management was dictating this course of action in the event that the 2 technicians at ZZZ1 get blamed for it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CONVAIR 640 INSPECTOR ALLEGES UPPER MGMNT DELAYING FOR SEVERAL WKS REPAIR OF AN ADF SYS ON AN ACFT ROUTED OVERWATER.
Narrative: AFTER LUNCH, DIRECTOR OF OPS CALLED MY OFFICE AND ADVISED MR X IN THE PRESENCE OF MYSELF AND MY ASSISTANT CHIEF INSPECTOR (ON SPEAKER PHONE) THAT THE ADF IN AFT X IN ZZZ1 WAS INOP, HAD BEEN INOP FOR A COUPLE OF WKS. THE CHIEF PLT HAS BEEN GETTING RADAR VECTORS INTO ZZZ2 BECAUSE OF IT. MR XX WAS ADVISED TODAY THAT OUR PMI AND PMA WOULD BE IS ZZZ1 IN NOV/02 AND HE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT MR X GOT AN ADF TO ZZZ1 BEFORE THE FAA ARRIVED. I HAD HIM ON SPEAKER EXTENSION, SO I COULD HAVE WITNESSES THAT TOP MGMNT WAS DICTATING THIS COURSE OF ACTION IN THE EVENT THAT THE 2 TECHNICIANS AT ZZZ1 GET BLAMED FOR IT.
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.