TWO AIRBUS 320 ACFT WERE DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN ENGINEERING ORDER WORKED ON THE ENG CUTOFF SWITCH PANEL BUT NOT INSPECTED.

Date: 2003-10 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: ground

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

TWO AIRBUS 320 ACFT WERE DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN ENGINEERING ORDER WORKED ON THE ENG CUTOFF SWITCH PANEL BUT NOT INSPECTED.

Narrative

ENGINEERING ORDER X CHK AND REPLACEMENT OF ENG MASTER SWITCH WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR ZZZ WORK RELEASE FOR OCT/THU/03 AND OCT/FRI/03. AFTER LIFTING ENGINE CUT-OFF SWITCH PANEL TO CHK THE MANUFACTURER'S PART NUMBER AND DATE CODE; THE PLANE WAS REPLACED IN THE CTR CONSOLE. NO WIRES WERE DISCONNECTED. THE ENGINEERING ORDER PAPERWORK CONTAINED A 'CHKED BY' BOX FOR STEP #9 OF PART A. I STAMPED THIS BOX TO COMPLETE PART A. I AM NOT DESIGNATED QUALITY CTL QUALIFIED. THE NEXT DAY; MY MGR HANDED ME THE ENGINEERING ORDER PAPERWORK AND INFORMED ME WE WOULD NEED TO USE A DESIGNATED QUALITY CTL MECH TO STAMP THE 'CHKED BY' BOXES. DESIGNATED QUALITY CTL WITH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS SHOULD NOT BE ASSIGNED TO STATIONS WITHOUT INSPECTION PERSONNEL. ALSO; ENGINEERING ORDER SHOULD NOT BE ISSUED TO STATION 2 DAYS PRIOR MGMNT PROVIDING INFO ON COMPLETING THIS TASK AT NON INSPECTION STATIONS. THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE RECEIVED OCT/FRI/03 AT XA00; AFTER 2 ACFT HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THE MGR WAS UNAWARE THAT WE HAD ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED THIS TASK THE PREVIOUS 2 NIGHTS.

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