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A EMB135 technician report accomplishing a captain's clock check per the supervisor's request to use the maintenance manual check procedure. This procedure was not per the work assignment that required special tooling that was not available.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 689004 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 135 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 689004 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : tooling performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Follow job card for aircraft to perform operations check of captain's clock. Used amm as per supervisor request. Found out later by a lead technician to use work card; which is why previous shift (a lead technician) had blown it off because lack of tooling. And job card had no reference to use.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A EMB135 TECHNICIAN RPT ACCOMPLISHING A CAPT'S CLOCK CHK PER THE SUPVR'S REQUEST TO USE THE MAINT MANUAL CHK PROC. THIS PROC WAS NOT PER THE WORK ASSIGNMENT THAT REQUIRED SPECIAL TOOLING THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Narrative: FOLLOW JOB CARD FOR ACFT TO PERFORM OPS CHK OF CAPT'S CLOCK. USED AMM AS PER SUPVR REQUEST. FOUND OUT LATER BY A LEAD TECHNICIAN TO USE WORK CARD; WHICH IS WHY PREVIOUS SHIFT (A LEAD TECHNICIAN) HAD BLOWN IT OFF BECAUSE LACK OF TOOLING. AND JOB CARD HAD NO REF TO USE.
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.