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A B757 galley unit was in shop for overhaul. Due to extensive damage found by the assigned shop technician the unit repair was incomplete at shift change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 675103 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 675103 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Galley unit was in shop for overhaul. I was assigned to install doors and tray racks. After removing mask paper and tape; oct/web/05 at XA45; floor mount did not look right. Checked and found mount bent and angled out on the flight deck side of the wall. Doubler in cart tray was pulled loose; and area around mount on wall was damaged. Also; trash compartment wall extrusion was badly pitted and corroded under trash door hinge. Notified lead technician and was told that next shift would not believe us unless they saw it themselves. The next shift lead technician was shown the damage. Notified inspection assigned to dock X that the unit was damaged. He then marked it in red on the mount. Unit was late because of the untimely assignment after inducted into shop. Inadequate time constraints and movement of shop equipment for new cell in that area during process.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 GALLEY UNIT WAS IN SHOP FOR OVERHAUL. DUE TO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FOUND BY THE ASSIGNED SHOP TECHNICIAN THE UNIT REPAIR WAS INCOMPLETE AT SHIFT CHANGE.
Narrative: GALLEY UNIT WAS IN SHOP FOR OVERHAUL. I WAS ASSIGNED TO INSTALL DOORS AND TRAY RACKS. AFTER REMOVING MASK PAPER AND TAPE; OCT/WEB/05 AT XA45; FLOOR MOUNT DID NOT LOOK RIGHT. CHKED AND FOUND MOUNT BENT AND ANGLED OUT ON THE FLT DECK SIDE OF THE WALL. DOUBLER IN CART TRAY WAS PULLED LOOSE; AND AREA AROUND MOUNT ON WALL WAS DAMAGED. ALSO; TRASH COMPARTMENT WALL EXTRUSION WAS BADLY PITTED AND CORRODED UNDER TRASH DOOR HINGE. NOTIFIED LEAD TECHNICIAN AND WAS TOLD THAT NEXT SHIFT WOULD NOT BELIEVE US UNLESS THEY SAW IT THEMSELVES. THE NEXT SHIFT LEAD TECHNICIAN WAS SHOWN THE DAMAGE. NOTIFIED INSPECTION ASSIGNED TO DOCK X THAT THE UNIT WAS DAMAGED. HE THEN MARKED IT IN RED ON THE MOUNT. UNIT WAS LATE BECAUSE OF THE UNTIMELY ASSIGNMENT AFTER INDUCTED INTO SHOP. INADEQUATE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND MOVEMENT OF SHOP EQUIP FOR NEW CELL IN THAT AREA DURING PROCESS.
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.