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A B767-300 was dispatched in non compliance with both nose tire and wheel assemblies replaced but the wheel spacers were omitted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 601901 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 601901 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 601890 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On oct/tue/03, aircraft arrived ZZZ with nosewheel shimmy. After a maintenance taxi a decision was made to change both nose landing gear tires. Tires both went on smoothly and torque checked ok. After tire change a maintenance taxi was performed and write-up was operations checked good.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH NOSE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES REPLACED BUT THE WHEEL SPACERS WERE OMITTED.
Narrative: ON OCT/TUE/03, ACFT ARRIVED ZZZ WITH NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY. AFTER A MAINT TAXI A DECISION WAS MADE TO CHANGE BOTH NOSE LNDG GEAR TIRES. TIRES BOTH WENT ON SMOOTHLY AND TORQUE CHKED OK. AFTER TIRE CHANGE A MAINT TAXI WAS PERFORMED AND WRITE-UP WAS OPS CHKED GOOD.
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.