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An A319 has the left main landing gear uplock pin replaced. Required gear swing deferred for 10-50 cycles. Required FAA critical item inspection not accomplished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 628367 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| 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 | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : inspection authority technician : airframe |
| Experience | flight time total : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 628367 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| 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 : work cards performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance FAA Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maint Manual |
Narrative:
Ea #79001, left main landing gear uplock pin replaced, gear swing and rechk deferred to 10-50 cycles. Maintenance manual procedure stated reinstallation of same pin does not require gear swing. No adjustments are made at pin -- interpretation no adjustment on pin, all adjustment on lock, inspection when adjustment is made on uplock at gear swing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A319 HAS THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR UPLOCK PIN REPLACED. REQUIRED GEAR SWING DEFERRED FOR 10-50 CYCLES. REQUIRED FAA CRITICAL ITEM INSPECTION NOT ACCOMPLISHED.
Narrative: EA #79001, L MAIN LNDG GEAR UPLOCK PIN REPLACED, GEAR SWING AND RECHK DEFERRED TO 10-50 CYCLES. MAINT MANUAL PROC STATED REINSTALLATION OF SAME PIN DOES NOT REQUIRE GEAR SWING. NO ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AT PIN -- INTERPRETATION NO ADJUSTMENT ON PIN, ALL ADJUSTMENT ON LOCK, INSPECTION WHEN ADJUSTMENT IS MADE ON UPLOCK AT GEAR SWING.
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.