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A B767 inspector reports a service bulletin has mistakenly removed safety-wired hardware from a safety-critical fuel tube drain cap.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 624471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 624471 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : work cards |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Company Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Service Bulletin |
Narrative:
I have informed system manager and technician crew chief all to no avail that the bad part remained on our aircraft and that service bulletin has mistakenly removed safety-wired hardware from safety-critical fuel tube drain cap.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 INSPECTOR RPTS A SVC BULLETIN HAS MISTAKENLY REMOVED SAFETY-WIRED HARDWARE FROM A SAFETY-CRITICAL FUEL TUBE DRAIN CAP.
Narrative: I HAVE INFORMED SYS MGR AND TECHNICIAN CREW CHIEF ALL TO NO AVAIL THAT THE BAD PART REMAINED ON OUR ACFT AND THAT SVC BULLETIN HAS MISTAKENLY REMOVED SAFETY-WIRED HARDWARE FROM SAFETY-CRITICAL FUEL TUBE DRAIN CAP.
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.