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An engine shop technician reports compressor blades with multiple part numbers covered by the same company part number required different repairs. Repaired blades quarantined for evaluate. No blades installed on engines.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 719318 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200611 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 719318 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : engineering procedure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Engine Parts Catalog |
Narrative:
I was asked to provide information on an incident with ge blades. Multiple part numbers covered by the same company part number requiring different repairs. Blades in question have been quarantined until further engineering evaluate; no blade was installed on an engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ENG SHOP TECHNICIAN RPTS COMPRESSOR BLADES WITH MULTIPLE PART NUMBERS COVERED BY THE SAME COMPANY PART NUMBER REQUIRED DIFFERENT REPAIRS. REPAIRED BLADES QUARANTINED FOR EVAL. NO BLADES INSTALLED ON ENGS.
Narrative: I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE INFO ON AN INCIDENT WITH GE BLADES. MULTIPLE PART NUMBERS COVERED BY THE SAME COMPANY PART NUMBER REQUIRING DIFFERENT REPAIRS. BLADES IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED UNTIL FURTHER ENGINEERING EVAL; NO BLADE WAS INSTALLED ON AN ENG.
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.