A first officer notices a horizontal stabilizer blade seal panel out of position on a B767-300 aircr...

Attributes
ACN	938800
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Stabilizer Fairing
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

On walkaround found horizontal stabilizer panel and fairing out of position. [Maintenance] removed and reinstalled horizontal stabilizer to body [fuselage] blade seal. Blade seal is in correct position per maintenance manual (MM) 55-10-02-4. Ran horizontal stabilizer up and down. Operational checks 'good'.this issue surfaced several years ago on the B757s and this is the first time I came across it on the B767s. During earlier events; this panel positioning was found on half a dozen aircraft. Therefore; I am submitting this report as I feel other aircraft could experience the same problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A First Officer notices a horizontal stabilizer blade seal panel out of position on a B767-300 aircraft during a preflight walkaround. He had previously seen similar blade seal problems on B757.

Narrative: On walkaround found horizontal stabilizer panel and fairing out of position. [Maintenance] removed and reinstalled horizontal stabilizer to body [fuselage] blade seal. Blade seal is in correct position per Maintenance Manual (MM) 55-10-02-4. Ran horizontal stabilizer up and down. Operational checks 'Good'.This issue surfaced several years ago on the B757s and this is the first time I came across it on the B767s. During earlier events; this panel positioning was found on half a dozen aircraft. Therefore; I am submitting this report as I feel other aircraft could experience the same problem.

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 first officer notices a horizontal stabilizer blade seal panel out of position on a B767-300 aircraft during a preflight walkaround. He had previously seen similar blade seal problems on B757.