Narrative:

On the night of oct/thu/05; I took aircraft X to a gate for the morning departure. When I was departing the airplane; I found the forward entry flashlight on the ground. The bracket for it was broken. I went to the line office to get a new bracket/flashlight assembly. I also consulted the maintenance manual; and there is nothing in the MD80 maintenance manual for right&right of an emergency flashlight. I went back to the aircraft and right&right'ed the flashlight/bracket assembly; exactly the way it was mounted when I found it. I filled out a log page; signed it off; and left the aircraft. One thing I would like to note is that the ipc shows these flashlight assemblies mounted with the retaining fingers up and in some cases down.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 EMER FLASHLIGHT BRACKET ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND BROKEN. BRACKET ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. TECHNICIAN RPTS IPC SHOWS BRACKET RETAINING ARMS UP AND IN SOME CASES DOWN.

Narrative: ON THE NIGHT OF OCT/THU/05; I TOOK ACFT X TO A GATE FOR THE MORNING DEP. WHEN I WAS DEPARTING THE AIRPLANE; I FOUND THE FORWARD ENTRY FLASHLIGHT ON THE GND. THE BRACKET FOR IT WAS BROKEN. I WENT TO THE LINE OFFICE TO GET A NEW BRACKET/FLASHLIGHT ASSEMBLY. I ALSO CONSULTED THE MAINT MANUAL; AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE MD80 MAINT MANUAL FOR R&R OF AN EMER FLASHLIGHT. I WENT BACK TO THE ACFT AND R&R'ED THE FLASHLIGHT/BRACKET ASSEMBLY; EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS MOUNTED WHEN I FOUND IT. I FILLED OUT A LOG PAGE; SIGNED IT OFF; AND LEFT THE ACFT. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IS THAT THE IPC SHOWS THESE FLASHLIGHT ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED WITH THE RETAINING FINGERS UP AND IN SOME CASES DOWN.

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.