Narrative:

Myself and another mechanic were assigned to work on aircraft. Aircraft came in with 2 logbook discrepancies. The first one was 'flight attendant interphone inoperative;' and the second one was 'first officer volume control panel inoperative -- will not switch from radio #2.' we both decided to change out the remote electronics unit. So my partner went back to stock room and came back with the remote electronics unit. He confirmed to me that he did check computer parts reference effectivity on it and it showed effective for aircraft. So I went on and right&right'ed the remote electronics unit and operations checked it. Operations check was normal and I signed off the discrepancies. As usual; I always doublechk computer parts reference effectivity on the part again; but this time I totally forgot about it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE INCORRECT REMOTE ELECTRONICS UNIT INSTALLED DUE TO FAILURE TO CHK EFFECTIVITY OF PART NUMBER.

Narrative: MYSELF AND ANOTHER MECH WERE ASSIGNED TO WORK ON ACFT. ACFT CAME IN WITH 2 LOGBOOK DISCREPANCIES. THE FIRST ONE WAS 'FLT ATTENDANT INTERPHONE INOP;' AND THE SECOND ONE WAS 'FO VOLUME CTL PANEL INOP -- WILL NOT SWITCH FROM RADIO #2.' WE BOTH DECIDED TO CHANGE OUT THE REMOTE ELECTRONICS UNIT. SO MY PARTNER WENT BACK TO STOCK ROOM AND CAME BACK WITH THE REMOTE ELECTRONICS UNIT. HE CONFIRMED TO ME THAT HE DID CHK COMPUTER PARTS REF EFFECTIVITY ON IT AND IT SHOWED EFFECTIVE FOR ACFT. SO I WENT ON AND R&R'ED THE REMOTE ELECTRONICS UNIT AND OPS CHKED IT. OPS CHK WAS NORMAL AND I SIGNED OFF THE DISCREPANCIES. AS USUAL; I ALWAYS DOUBLECHK COMPUTER PARTS REF EFFECTIVITY ON THE PART AGAIN; BUT THIS TIME I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT IT.

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.