A technician reports heavy maintenance performed on a B757-200 aircraft using airbus docks. Dock has large gaps between vertical stabilizer and fuselage. Safety item.

Home

Browse by month

Random

Latest

About

Contact

Attributes
ACN	618116
Time
Date	200405
Day	Wed
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : fcc technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance technician : 20
ASRS Report	618116
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : lead technician oversight : supervisor
Qualification	technician : inspection authority
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

B757 aircraft maintenance being performed in check hangar, using airbus tail docks. Large gaps between fuselage and vertical stabilizer. Maintenance refuses to fix the problem. Didn't have proper tail docks. Safety issue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TECHNICIAN RPTS HVY MAINT PERFORMED ON A B757-200 ACFT USING AIRBUS DOCKS. DOCK HAS LARGE GAPS BTWN VERT STABILIZER AND FUSELAGE. SAFETY ITEM.

Narrative: B757 ACFT MAINT BEING PERFORMED IN CHK HANGAR, USING AIRBUS TAIL DOCKS. LARGE GAPS BTWN FUSELAGE AND VERT STABILIZER. MAINT REFUSES TO FIX THE PROB. DIDN'T HAVE PROPER TAIL DOCKS. SAFETY ISSUE.

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.