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An airbus 300-600 was dispatched in non compliance with a deferred item on the landing gear that was not the true malfunction reported.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 583868 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 583868 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| 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 : company policies 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 : non availability of parts contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
MEL was issued against landing gear warning and detection system, 32-4. Problem was landing gear would not retract in #2 position. MEL was issued at direction of B757 technician services supervisor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300-600 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DEFERRED ITEM ON THE LNDG GEAR THAT WAS NOT THE TRUE MALFUNCTION RPTED.
Narrative: MEL WAS ISSUED AGAINST LNDG GEAR WARNING AND DETECTION SYS, 32-4. PROB WAS LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT IN #2 POS. MEL WAS ISSUED AT DIRECTION OF B757 TECHNICIAN SVCS SUPVR.
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.