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After heavy maintenance at a contract facility; during first flight safety checks; a flight attendant discovered that passenger seat rows in a B757-200 could be lifted vertically out of their seat tracks.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 956024 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pax Seat |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 95 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 2200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
One of the flight attendant's discovered the entire row of seats (20-abc) was not attached to the floor properly. She discovered the problem when standing on the aisle seat (20-C) while checking emergency gear in the overhead bin. While standing on seat 20-C; the entire row (20-abc) lifted up from the bulkhead or window side. We could not rock the seat row; but could put weight on the aisle seat and the whole row would lift off the floor. This was discovered by accident and was of great concern; because this aircraft just came out of heavy maintenance check and that row with people could have moved during turbulence. I feel the inspection procedure should include pushing down on the aisle seat as well as rocking; etc; to discover if the row is attached properly. We reported to maintenance control and the seat problem was addressed before departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After heavy maintenance at a contract facility; during first flight safety checks; a flight attendant discovered that passenger seat rows in a B757-200 could be lifted vertically out of their seat tracks.
Narrative: One of the Flight Attendant's discovered the entire row of seats (20-ABC) was not attached to the floor properly. She discovered the problem when standing on the aisle seat (20-C) while checking emergency gear in the overhead bin. While standing on seat 20-C; the entire row (20-ABC) lifted up from the bulkhead or window side. We could not rock the seat row; but could put weight on the aisle seat and the whole row would lift off the floor. This was discovered by accident and was of great concern; because this aircraft just came out of Heavy Maintenance Check and that row with people could have moved during turbulence. I feel the Inspection procedure should include pushing down on the aisle seat as well as rocking; etc; to discover if the row is attached properly. We reported to Maintenance Control and the seat problem was addressed before departure.
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.