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A CRJ200 was released for service from a contract maintenance facility with the cargo compartment fire extinguisher system failed to test. Found electrical connectors installed incorrectly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 665357 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200507 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : fcc technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 5 maintenance technician : 5 |
| ASRS Report | 665357 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cargo compt fire ext system test other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Company Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
An air carrier's third party vendor maintenance repaired the engine support beam in the aft equipment compartment and removed both cargo fire extinguishing bottles. Upon reinstallation of bottles; the cannon plugs to both bottles were incorrectly installed -- squib cannon plugs on the pressure gauge and pressure gauge cannon plugs on squibs causing the cargo fire extinguishing system to not test properly. System was placed on the MEL list and deferred aircraft then returned to ZZZ where the cannon plugs were noted to be installed incorrectly. Wiring was corrected and aircraft was returned to service.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ200 WAS RELEASED FOR SVC FROM A CONTRACT MAINT FACILITY WITH THE CARGO COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYS FAILED TO TEST. FOUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.
Narrative: AN ACR'S THIRD PARTY VENDOR MAINT REPAIRED THE ENG SUPPORT BEAM IN THE AFT EQUIP COMPARTMENT AND REMOVED BOTH CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLES. UPON REINSTALLATION OF BOTTLES; THE CANNON PLUGS TO BOTH BOTTLES WERE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED -- SQUIB CANNON PLUGS ON THE PRESSURE GAUGE AND PRESSURE GAUGE CANNON PLUGS ON SQUIBS CAUSING THE CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYS TO NOT TEST PROPERLY. SYS WAS PLACED ON THE MEL LIST AND DEFERRED ACFT THEN RETURNED TO ZZZ WHERE THE CANNON PLUGS WERE NOTED TO BE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. WIRING WAS CORRECTED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SVC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.