B737-300 FUSELAGE SKIN DENTS WERE INCORRECTLY EVALUATED AND RELEASED FOR SVC. AN SRM PAGE WAS OMITTED IN THE EVALUATION.
Synopsis
B737-300 FUSELAGE SKIN DENTS WERE INCORRECTLY EVALUATED AND RELEASED FOR SVC. AN SRM PAGE WAS OMITTED IN THE EVALUATION.
Narrative
I WAS ASSIGNED NON ROUTINE CARDS; AMONG OTHERS. THESE CARDS REGARDED DENTS IN THE FUSELAGE AT B.S. 440+9 BTWN STR 27R-28R AND B.S. 480 BTWN STR 27R-28R. I BEGAN MY TASK BY PRINTING THE LIMITS FOR THE DAMAGE FROM THE SRM. THIS IS WHERE THE DISCREPANCY OCCURRED. I SOMEHOW PRINTED PAGES 1-10 FROM THE SRM AND OMITTED PAGE 3. ON THE OMITTED PAGE WAS NOTE 'V' WHICH STATES 'YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED DAMAGE IN ADJACENT BAYS.' I CONTINUED ON WITH MY TASK BY MEASURING THE DAMAGE TO GET MY A/Y DIMENSION. UPON MEASURING THE DENT AT B.S. 440+9; I FOUND IT TO BE WITHIN LIMITS PER THE SRM AND PROCEEDED TO DOCUMENT MY MEASUREMENTS AND CALL INSPECTION. UPON THE INSPECTOR'S ARR; I HANDED HIM PAPERWORK REFERENCING THE SRM AND MEASURED THE DAMAGE FOR HIM TO WITNESS. UPON WITNESS OF THE MEASUREMENTS AND NDT PERFORMED; WE SIGNED OFF CARD. I THEN BEGAN THE SAME PROC AT B.S. 480 SR 27R-28R. THE SAME EVENTS TOOK PLACE WHICH RESULTED IN ME AGAIN CALLING INSPECTION. WE AGAIN TOOK MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMED NDT; RESULTING IN THE SIGN-OFF OF CARD. CARDS WERE RE-OPENED AND A REPAIR INSTALLED PER ENGINEERING AUTH AT B.S. 480 STR 27R-28R; DUE TO NOTE 'V' WHICH STATES 'NO DAMAGE ALLOWED IN ADJACENT BAYS' (IE; MISSING PAGE).
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