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A DC9-30 was dispatched in non compliance with the incorrect first officer's seat installed. A DC9-10 seat installed inadvertently.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 597456 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| 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 | 597456 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Illustrated Parts Catalog |
Narrative:
First officer seat would not stay in preset vertical position -- drops down suddenly. (Log page X). Attempted to replace seat assembly per DC9 maintenance manual 25-13-01. Seat track rollers would not adjust on new seat. Roller locking device bent and locking screw stripped. Made seat unserviceable and ordered 2ND seat. Installed 2ND seat with no further problems. Informed on oct/tue/03, that stock seat was installed. Maintenance control issued me order on oct/tue/03, to check and replace seat log page X, replace first officer's stock seat with 09-xxxxx.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-30 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE INCORRECT FO'S SEAT INSTALLED. A DC9-10 SEAT INSTALLED INADVERTENTLY.
Narrative: FO SEAT WOULD NOT STAY IN PRESET VERT POS -- DROPS DOWN SUDDENLY. (LOG PAGE X). ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE SEAT ASSEMBLY PER DC9 MAINT MANUAL 25-13-01. SEAT TRACK ROLLERS WOULD NOT ADJUST ON NEW SEAT. ROLLER LOCKING DEVICE BENT AND LOCKING SCREW STRIPPED. MADE SEAT UNSERVICEABLE AND ORDERED 2ND SEAT. INSTALLED 2ND SEAT WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. INFORMED ON OCT/TUE/03, THAT STOCK SEAT WAS INSTALLED. MAINT CTL ISSUED ME ORDER ON OCT/TUE/03, TO CHK AND REPLACE SEAT LOG PAGE X, REPLACE FO'S STOCK SEAT WITH 09-XXXXX.
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.