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A B737 was dispatched in non compliance with the nose and main landing gear position inspection view ports dirty and unusable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 589694 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 589694 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
This event involves flight number abcd, from ZZZ to ZZZ. During the postflt in ZZZ1, the captain was told by me, the first officer, that the line up stripes could not be seen because the viewers in both the main and nose gears were dirty. The viewer on the walkaround in ZZZ appeared dirty, but you could still see the line up stripes through the gear viewers. I told the captain and made her aware of the situation. On postflt in ZZZ1, the viewer must have picked up more dirt particles. This made viewing the line up stripes through the nose and main gear viewers very difficult. The captain decided to put this discrepancy in the aircraft logbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOSE AND MAIN LNDG GEAR POS INSPECTION VIEW PORTS DIRTY AND UNUSABLE.
Narrative: THIS EVENT INVOLVES FLT NUMBER ABCD, FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ. DURING THE POSTFLT IN ZZZ1, THE CAPT WAS TOLD BY ME, THE FO, THAT THE LINE UP STRIPES COULD NOT BE SEEN BECAUSE THE VIEWERS IN BOTH THE MAIN AND NOSE GEARS WERE DIRTY. THE VIEWER ON THE WALKAROUND IN ZZZ APPEARED DIRTY, BUT YOU COULD STILL SEE THE LINE UP STRIPES THROUGH THE GEAR VIEWERS. I TOLD THE CAPT AND MADE HER AWARE OF THE SIT. ON POSTFLT IN ZZZ1, THE VIEWER MUST HAVE PICKED UP MORE DIRT PARTICLES. THIS MADE VIEWING THE LINE UP STRIPES THROUGH THE NOSE AND MAIN GEAR VIEWERS VERY DIFFICULT. THE CAPT DECIDED TO PUT THIS DISCREPANCY IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK.
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.