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A B757-200 was returned to CAT 3B status (autoland) after repair of the autothrottle system in non compliance. Technician qualification expired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 634719 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200404 |
| Day | Sat |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : fcc technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 35 maintenance technician : 35 |
| ASRS Report | 634719 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies 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 : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : unqualified personnel performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Worked 3RD shift overtime oct/sun/04. Repaired the autothrottle system on aircraft X. Recertified aircraft to CAT 3B status and cleared autothrottle system MEL and CAT MEL. Noticed on subsequent shift that my CAT certification on this aircraft had expired. It is my opinion that some system should be setup on the management side to notify employees whenever their CAT certification has expired and inform them to no longer perform recertification of CAT related system until they are recertified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 WAS RETURNED TO CAT 3B STATUS (AUTOLAND) AFTER REPAIR OF THE AUTOTHROTTLE SYS IN NON COMPLIANCE. TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATION EXPIRED.
Narrative: WORKED 3RD SHIFT OVERTIME OCT/SUN/04. REPAIRED THE AUTOTHROTTLE SYS ON ACFT X. RECERTIFIED ACFT TO CAT 3B STATUS AND CLRED AUTOTHROTTLE SYS MEL AND CAT MEL. NOTICED ON SUBSEQUENT SHIFT THAT MY CAT CERTIFICATION ON THIS ACFT HAD EXPIRED. IT IS MY OPINION THAT SOME SYS SHOULD BE SETUP ON THE MGMNT SIDE TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES WHENEVER THEIR CAT CERTIFICATION HAS EXPIRED AND INFORM THEM TO NO LONGER PERFORM RECERTIFICATION OF CAT RELATED SYS UNTIL THEY ARE RECERTIFIED.
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.