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A B757, on pushback, had towbar break. Towbar was inspected by ramp service personnel. Technician questions qualifications of ramp personnel to make nose gear inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 606036 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | other technician : airframe technician : fcc technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 14 maintenance technician : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 606036 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : company policies |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : unqualified personnel performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
On jan/wed/04, a B757 pushed back from gate at ZZZ county airport. Ramp crews from air carrier X sequence X, jan/wed/04, ZZZ acp: ZZZ ramp personnel broke towbar during pushback. Ramp personnel visually inspected nose gear and found no damage. Crew exercised tiller and all operations normal. I asked what qualification this person has to determine, after overstressing the landing gear, what he or she is to look for? What manuals and procedures were followed to assure all steps were taken to assure there were no defects from the gear stress? Air carrier X has seemed to have lost their vision on quality maintenance. This is just one of many sits that has happened at this airline.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757, ON PUSHBACK, HAD TOWBAR BREAK. TOWBAR WAS INSPECTED BY RAMP SVC PERSONNEL. TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS QUALIFICATIONS OF RAMP PERSONNEL TO MAKE NOSE GEAR INSPECTION.
Narrative: ON JAN/WED/04, A B757 PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AT ZZZ COUNTY ARPT. RAMP CREWS FROM ACR X SEQUENCE X, JAN/WED/04, ZZZ ACP: ZZZ RAMP PERSONNEL BROKE TOWBAR DURING PUSHBACK. RAMP PERSONNEL VISUALLY INSPECTED NOSE GEAR AND FOUND NO DAMAGE. CREW EXERCISED TILLER AND ALL OPS NORMAL. I ASKED WHAT QUALIFICATION THIS PERSON HAS TO DETERMINE, AFTER OVERSTRESSING THE LNDG GEAR, WHAT HE OR SHE IS TO LOOK FOR? WHAT MANUALS AND PROCS WERE FOLLOWED TO ASSURE ALL STEPS WERE TAKEN TO ASSURE THERE WERE NO DEFECTS FROM THE GEAR STRESS? ACR X HAS SEEMED TO HAVE LOST THEIR VISION ON QUALITY MAINT. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY SITS THAT HAS HAPPENED AT THIS AIRLINE.
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.