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Attributes | |
ACN | 667127 |
Time | |
Date | 200507 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
State Reference | US |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B757-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : maintenance |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | maintenance : technician |
ASRS Report | 667127 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Pilot maintenance report was vague; only noticed placard below handle; which states; 'slide inflates automatically;' item B757 maintenance manual 11-35-05-2 page 1. Contributing factors: flight crew was gone. Was not able to determine which placard was specified in the pilot maintenance report. Slide pack and placard were replaced in ZZZ1
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 FLT CREW RPT IS VAGUE ABOUT A DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE PLACARD BUT NO DOOR LOCATION. CREW UNAVAILABLE.
Narrative: PLT MAINT RPT WAS VAGUE; ONLY NOTICED PLACARD BELOW HANDLE; WHICH STATES; 'SLIDE INFLATES AUTOMATICALLY;' ITEM B757 MAINT MANUAL 11-35-05-2 PAGE 1. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: FLT CREW WAS GONE. WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH PLACARD WAS SPECIFIED IN THE PLT MAINT RPT. SLIDE PACK AND PLACARD WERE REPLACED IN ZZZ1
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.