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A B737-700 was dispatched in non compliance with a nose strut seal and packing replacement that was incorrectly accomplished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 608558 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| 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 | 608558 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 608557 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : training performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On feb/tue/04, aircraft rolled in. Found nose strut to be leaking. I and another mechanic proceeded to disassemble the inner cylinder for repack. At XH00 on feb/wed/04 we were about done with the repack. We had reason to believe that item #270 and item #275 of ipc -700 32-21-00-01 sheet 8 may not have been installed properly. The aircraft had routine overnight check. The following night we became aware of this and immediately notified duty control team leader of the concern. Later that evening, we were told that a road trip that morning would occur.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A NOSE STRUT SEAL AND PACKING REPLACEMENT THAT WAS INCORRECTLY ACCOMPLISHED.
Narrative: ON FEB/TUE/04, ACFT ROLLED IN. FOUND NOSE STRUT TO BE LEAKING. I AND ANOTHER MECH PROCEEDED TO DISASSEMBLE THE INNER CYLINDER FOR REPACK. AT XH00 ON FEB/WED/04 WE WERE ABOUT DONE WITH THE REPACK. WE HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ITEM #270 AND ITEM #275 OF IPC -700 32-21-00-01 SHEET 8 MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED PROPERLY. THE ACFT HAD ROUTINE OVERNIGHT CHK. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WE BECAME AWARE OF THIS AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED DUTY CTL TEAM LEADER OF THE CONCERN. LATER THAT EVENING, WE WERE TOLD THAT A ROAD TRIP THAT MORNING WOULD OCCUR.
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.