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A B777 technician reports given a service order to clean an engine thrust link with no engineering procedure on boeing methods to be used.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| 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 | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 596045 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
This is a boeing part, have no cleaning authority/authorized for this part. A line was added to service order control #XXXX to clean part per rolls royce standard. After asking why service order has no permanent clean line, company planner and engineering states there is no cleaning procedure for this part. Standard procedures, part must be cleaned before visual inspection using rolls royce procedures to clean boeing parts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 TECHNICIAN RPTS GIVEN A SVC ORDER TO CLEAN AN ENG THRUST LINK WITH NO ENGINEERING PROC ON BOEING METHODS TO BE USED.
Narrative: THIS IS A BOEING PART, HAVE NO CLEANING AUTH FOR THIS PART. A LINE WAS ADDED TO SVC ORDER CTL #XXXX TO CLEAN PART PER ROLLS ROYCE STANDARD. AFTER ASKING WHY SVC ORDER HAS NO PERMANENT CLEAN LINE, COMPANY PLANNER AND ENGINEERING STATES THERE IS NO CLEANING PROC FOR THIS PART. STANDARD PROCS, PART MUST BE CLEANED BEFORE VISUAL INSPECTION USING ROLLS ROYCE PROCS TO CLEAN BOEING PARTS.
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.