A B767 HAD A LONGERON WEB AT STRINGER 12R REPAIRED. REPAIR APPROVED BY FAA; BUT WAS TIME LIMITED TO 12 MONTHS. RPTR CONTACTS ALL MAINT MGRS TO ALERT THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND ACFT MUST BE REPAIRED.

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UPPER LONGERON WEB AT BS 1809-5 AT STRINGER 12-R ACFT X WAS REPAIRED DURING MAINT BASE VISIT. THE REPAIR WAS APPROVED ON FAA FORM DATED FEB/WED/05 AS '...STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE AS A TIME-LIMITED FOR 12 MONTHS.' COMPLIANCE TO FAR 25.571 HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED. THE COMPLIANCE FINDING FOR FAR 25.571 IS DEFERRED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THIS FORM; PENDING COMPLETION OF THE FATIGUE AND TOLERANCE ANALYSIS. THE AIRPLANE BECOMES UNAIRWORTHY 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THIS FORM; UNLESS A NEW FAA FORM IS ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT TIME FINDING COMPLIANCE TO FAR 25.571. A TIME EXTENSION FOR INTERIM REPAIR DISPOSITION WAS NOT FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GPM. A GPM AUDIT OF THE BILL OF WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY ME; AT WHICH TIME I IDENTED THE FACT THAT THE DEFERRED MAINT/INTERIM REPAIR PROVISIONS OF GPM HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE INTERIM REPAIR IN THE ACFT LOG AND THE WRITE-UP DID NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE INFO ENTERED. THE AUDIT FINDING WAS FORWARDED TO B767 MGR WITH A COPY OF THE AUDIT TO QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR. ON APR/MON/05 RESPONSE DATE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS ESTABLISHED. ON APR/FRI/05 I RECEIVED A COPY OF AN E-MAIL FROM B767 SUPVR TO QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR REQUESTING AN AUDIT RESPONSE DATE EXTENSION AND STATING THAT ENGINEERING WAS TRACKING THE MAINT REVIEW RPT. I AM UNAWARE OF THE RESPONSE TO THAT E-MAIL. ON JUN/THU/05 HAVING HAD NO RESPONSE OR COM FROM ANYONE WITH RESPECT TO THIS ISSUE; I WROTE AN E-MAIL DIRECTLY TO ENGINEERING MGR WITH COPIES TO PRODUCTION SUPVR; QUALITY ASSURANCE; AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR; STATING MY CONCERNS AND REQUESTING THAT THE ISSUE BE ADDRESSED. ON JUL/THU/05 HAVING HEARD NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS I CONTACTED ON JUN/THU/05; I FORWARDED AN E-MAIL TO QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR ADVISING HIM THAT THE MATTER REMAINED OPEN AND THAT THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION. BTWN THE DATES OF SEP/MON/05 AND OCT/THU/05; I DISCUSSED THE MATTER FURTHER WITH QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR WHO ADVISED ME TO CONTACT ENGINEERING IN ORDER TO GET THE MATTER RESOLVED. I CONTACTED AND FORWARDED HIM THE INFO. A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION SEVERAL DAYS LATER CONFIRMED THAT THE SITUATION HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. ON OCT/THU/05; I DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPVR AND NOTIFIED HIM OF MY INTENT TO FILE A RPT. HE AGREED THAT THE COURSE OF ACTION WAS THE ONLY ONE REMAINING AND THAT I SHOULD DO SO.