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B767-300 contract mechanic forgot to remove the landing gear pins after conducting an ETOPS inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 586008 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : san.tower tower : msp.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : maintenance ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 18 |
| ASRS Report | 586008 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Jun/mon/03, ZZZ, us, airport. At gate I was assigned to work air carrier aircraft X to perform ETOPS 1 check. While performing check, air carrier representative showed up and said maintenance controller called and asked we perform an additional inspection. Not knowing how long the inspection would take, and knowing we where short on time, I stopped what I was doing and started working on inspection. By XA30 I had completed inspection and ETOPS check. I had negelected to remove landing gear pins, part of ETOPS check. The extra inspection took my mind off the ETOPS check. The airplane sat at the gate till XD30, at which time it departed with the landing gear pins still installed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 CONTRACT MECH FORGOT TO REMOVE THE LNDG GEAR PINS AFTER CONDUCTING AN ETOPS INSPECTION.
Narrative: JUN/MON/03, ZZZ, US, ARPT. AT GATE I WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK ACR ACFT X TO PERFORM ETOPS 1 CHK. WHILE PERFORMING CHK, ACR REPRESENTATIVE SHOWED UP AND SAID MAINT CTLR CALLED AND ASKED WE PERFORM AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTION. NOT KNOWING HOW LONG THE INSPECTION WOULD TAKE, AND KNOWING WE WHERE SHORT ON TIME, I STOPPED WHAT I WAS DOING AND STARTED WORKING ON INSPECTION. BY XA30 I HAD COMPLETED INSPECTION AND ETOPS CHK. I HAD NEGELECTED TO REMOVE LNDG GEAR PINS, PART OF ETOPS CHK. THE EXTRA INSPECTION TOOK MY MIND OFF THE ETOPS CHK. THE AIRPLANE SAT AT THE GATE TILL XD30, AT WHICH TIME IT DEPARTED WITH THE LNDG GEAR PINS STILL INSTALLED.
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.