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A medium large transport was dispatched in non compliance with a deferred maintenance follow up in conflict with the procedures manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 595328 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| ASRS Report | 595328 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
During overnight maintenance of aircraft X in ZZZ, employee X had requested to close or obtain a time extension for a follow-up procedure at approximately XA00 CDT. Upon examination of work performed, it was determined that no discrepancy existed at the time that I had granted the extension for further evaluation. When employee X entered the log, it then contained a known discrepancy. Per company, this is not allowed on a follow-up procedure, and due to the nature of this discrepancy, I would have pulled the aircraft's flight release until the discrepancy had been repaired and the system integrity had been restored.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MEDIUM LARGE TRANSPORT WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DEFERRED MAINT FOLLOW UP IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROCS MANUAL.
Narrative: DURING OVERNIGHT MAINT OF ACFT X IN ZZZ, EMPLOYEE X HAD REQUESTED TO CLOSE OR OBTAIN A TIME EXTENSION FOR A FOLLOW-UP PROC AT APPROX XA00 CDT. UPON EXAMINATION OF WORK PERFORMED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO DISCREPANCY EXISTED AT THE TIME THAT I HAD GRANTED THE EXTENSION FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. WHEN EMPLOYEE X ENTERED THE LOG, IT THEN CONTAINED A KNOWN DISCREPANCY. PER COMPANY, THIS IS NOT ALLOWED ON A FOLLOW-UP PROC, AND DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS DISCREPANCY, I WOULD HAVE PULLED THE ACFT'S FLT RELEASE UNTIL THE DISCREPANCY HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND THE SYS INTEGRITY HAD BEEN RESTORED.
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.