<< >> NASA ASRS Report 633475, July 2004

A300 and B767 sensors were assigned to a technician for cleaning per the engineering service order. The sensors were improperly cleaned.

Attributes
ACN	633475
Time
Date	200407
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	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
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
Function	maintenance : lead technician
ASRS Report	633475
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : engineering procedure performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Maintenance technician, mr X, was assigned to clean sensors by me. I asked if he needed help and told him he could use the cleaner as per sensor engineering service order. He said he did not need help. I left him to his job and did not hear about it until a few days later.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 AND B767 SENSORS WERE ASSIGNED TO A TECHNICIAN FOR CLEANING PER THE ENGINEERING SVC ORDER. THE SENSORS WERE IMPROPERLY CLEANED.

Narrative: MAINT TECHNICIAN, MR X, WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN SENSORS BY ME. I ASKED IF HE NEEDED HELP AND TOLD HIM HE COULD USE THE CLEANER AS PER SENSOR ENGINEERING SVC ORDER. HE SAID HE DID NOT NEED HELP. I LEFT HIM TO HIS JOB AND DID NOT HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER.

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.