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A B737-800 engine fuel nozzle was removed to allow borescoping. Nozzle replaced with old gasket. Job card does not call out new gasket required.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 626848 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200407 |
| Day | Sat |
| 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 | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 | 626848 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : installation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
Removed fuel nozzle to facilitate borescope. I replaced fuel nozzle not knowing the gasket needed to be replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 ENG FUEL NOZZLE WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW BORESCOPING. NOZZLE REPLACED WITH OLD GASKET. JOB CARD DOES NOT CALL OUT NEW GASKET REQUIRED.
Narrative: REMOVED FUEL NOZZLE TO FACILITATE BORESCOPE. I REPLACED FUEL NOZZLE NOT KNOWING THE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
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.