A lead line mechanic reports he did not notice and was not notified by maintenance control of the re...

Attributes
ACN	875539
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication
Person 1
Function	Lead Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Pilot report on the fuel quantity was generated on arrival to gate by flight crew. I was notified by amt working aircraft that the fuel quantity had to be deferred. I went to the MEL; located the proper deferral reference. Notified maintenance control and received the authorization for the deferral of the fuel quantity only. I was not notified by maintenance control of the requirement to MEL the fuel quantity totalizer. I missed it in MEL details prior to the new revision for the MEL dated february 2010. Fuel tank quantity MEL's should also include the fuel totalizer under one authorization number. Was not notified by maintenance control that an additional placard was required for fuel totalizer. In the confusion of the operation I did not notice that it was required.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Lead Line Mechanic reports he did not notice and was not notified by maintenance control of the requirement to also defer the Fuel Quantity Totalizer and apply a placard for the Totalizer after he had deferred one of the fuel tank quantity gauges on an MD-80 aircraft.

Narrative: Pilot report on the fuel quantity was generated on arrival to gate by flight crew. I was notified by AMT working aircraft that the fuel quantity had to be deferred. I went to the MEL; located the proper deferral reference. Notified Maintenance Control and received the authorization for the deferral of the fuel quantity only. I was not notified by Maintenance Control of the requirement to MEL the Fuel Quantity Totalizer. I missed it in MEL details prior to the new revision for the MEL dated February 2010. Fuel Tank Quantity MEL's should also include the Fuel Totalizer under one authorization number. Was not notified by Maintenance Control that an additional placard was required for Fuel Totalizer. In the confusion of the operation I did not notice that it was required.

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.

A lead line mechanic reports he did not notice and was not notified by maintenance control of the requirement to also defer the fuel quantity totalizer and apply a placard for the totalizer after he had deferred one of the fuel tank quantity gauges on an md-80 aircraft.