An MD80 door escape slide was removed to repair a door leak. Slide was reinstalled and required inspection completed. Inspector's employee number not entered in completed paperwork.

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Attributes
ACN	632909
Time
Date	200410
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
ASRS Report	632909
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : inspector
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation 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	performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft X has a recurring door squeal coming from the L-1 door. This problem has been occurring for over 2 months. I was assigned to investigate it. I determined the leak was coming from the external handle area. Removal of the door liner was necessary to find the leak's source, and the first step of door liner removal is to remove the door evacuate/evacuation slide. When it was time to reattach the door slide, I notified the on-shift quality control inspector to sign off the slide installation. The aircraft was parked at ZZZ cargo facility, while the aircraft logbook was in the line maintenance office. I documented the slide removal and reinstallation on technician's non-routine write-up which is attached to the service check paperwork which I did have at the aircraft. Inspector stamped on the rii buyback block of the technician's non-routine write-up. I did reference the technician's non-routine write-up number on the maintenance history computer entry, but failed to reference the inspector's employee number.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE WAS REMOVED TO REPAIR A DOOR LEAK. SLIDE WAS REINSTALLED AND REQUIRED INSPECTION COMPLETED. INSPECTOR'S EMPLOYEE NUMBER NOT ENTERED IN COMPLETED PAPERWORK.

Narrative: ACFT X HAS A RECURRING DOOR SQUEAL COMING FROM THE L-1 DOOR. THIS PROB HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. I WAS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE IT. I DETERMINED THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE EXTERNAL HANDLE AREA. REMOVAL OF THE DOOR LINER WAS NECESSARY TO FIND THE LEAK'S SOURCE, AND THE FIRST STEP OF DOOR LINER REMOVAL IS TO REMOVE THE DOOR EVAC SLIDE. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO REATTACH THE DOOR SLIDE, I NOTIFIED THE ON-SHIFT QUALITY CTL INSPECTOR TO SIGN OFF THE SLIDE INSTALLATION. THE ACFT WAS PARKED AT ZZZ CARGO FACILITY, WHILE THE ACFT LOGBOOK WAS IN THE LINE MAINT OFFICE. I DOCUMENTED THE SLIDE REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION ON TECHNICIAN'S NON-ROUTINE WRITE-UP WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SVC CHK PAPERWORK WHICH I DID HAVE AT THE ACFT. INSPECTOR STAMPED ON THE RII BUYBACK BLOCK OF THE TECHNICIAN'S NON-ROUTINE WRITE-UP. I DID REF THE TECHNICIAN'S NON-ROUTINE WRITE-UP NUMBER ON THE MAINT HISTORY COMPUTER ENTRY, BUT FAILED TO REF THE INSPECTOR'S EMPLOYEE NUMBER.

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.