An employee in a maintenance management position; reports an FAA inspector requested maintenance rem...

Narrative:

During an FAA inspection of B737 aircraft; it was noted that tamper seals may have been placed in the wrong locations. The FAA requested maintenance to the aircraft and requested them to remove the tamper seals. When the duty manager arrived at the aircraft; the FAA was not onboard to point the defect out. The duty manager and I met with the FAA in the terminal to find out what they wanted us to remove. They explained that the tamper seals were located on the oxygen doors; and by doing this; the door would not be able to drop. At this time I had a copy of a B737 task card that tells how and where to apply the tamper seals; and showed this to the FAA. I stated to them; I just could not go and remove the tamper seals if they were installed per the task card. At this point we left the terminal area and headed to the maintenance department. The FAA requested a copy of the task card and the duty manager printed the proper paper work and gave them the cards they requested. At this point I went to another aircraft that was being worked on and looked at each lavatory to see how the tamper seals were installed; and noticed that none were installed on the oxygen doors. I requested my duty manager to pull a copy of the B737 task card and meet me at the aircraft that was in question by the FAA inspector. After reading and reviewing the figures it was noticed that someone had installed two tamper seals: one over the door (this was improper); and one in the correct location. I removed the seals that were installed improperly and did not enter this in the logbook. Due to extra tamper seals being improperly installed; I did not enter the information in the logbook; as all I did was remove the extra tamper seals that were mislocated; and I did not view this as a maintenance event. It was an extra piece of tape that was requested to be removed by an FAA inspector. After verifying that all tamper seals were installed in the correct position; I removed the extra seals.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An employee in a Maintenance Management position; reports an FAA Inspector requested Maintenance remove the security tamper seals from the their lavatory overhead ceiling oxygen masks release door on a B737-700. The FAA noted the TSA requested the inspection.

Narrative: During an FAA inspection of B737 aircraft; it was noted that tamper seals may have been placed in the wrong locations. The FAA requested Maintenance to the aircraft and requested them to remove the tamper Seals. When the Duty Manager arrived at the aircraft; the FAA was not onboard to point the defect out. The Duty Manager and I met with the FAA in the terminal to find out what they wanted us to remove. They explained that the tamper seals were located on the oxygen doors; and by doing this; the door would not be able to drop. At this time I had a copy of a B737 task card that tells how and where to apply the tamper seals; and showed this to the FAA. I stated to them; I just could not go and remove the tamper seals if they were installed per the task card. At this point we left the terminal area and headed to the Maintenance Department. The FAA requested a copy of the task card and the Duty Manager printed the proper paper work and gave them the cards they requested. At this point I went to another aircraft that was being worked on and looked at each lavatory to see how the tamper seals were installed; and noticed that none were installed on the oxygen doors. I requested my Duty Manager to pull a copy of the B737 task card and meet me at the aircraft that was in question by the FAA Inspector. After reading and reviewing the figures it was noticed that someone had installed two tamper seals: one over the door (this was improper); and one in the correct location. I removed the seals that were installed improperly and did not enter this in the logbook. Due to extra tamper seals being improperly installed; I did not enter the information in the logbook; as all I did was remove the extra tamper seals that were mislocated; and I did not view this as a maintenance event. It was an extra piece of tape that was requested to be removed by an FAA Inspector. After verifying that all tamper seals were installed in the correct position; I removed the extra seals.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	837149
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Oxygen System/Pax
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

An employee in a maintenance management position; reports an FAA inspector requested maintenance remove the security tamper seals from the their lavatory overhead ceiling oxygen masks release door on a B737-700. The FAA noted the tsa requested the inspection.