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Can we talk about that D-check inspection in Phoenix last month
I was working a 737 D-check at a facility near Sky Harbor and the lead insisted on using the old torque specs from a 1995 manual. We found a hairline crack in the bulkhead after 3 tries with the newer specs. Has anyone else run into outdated reference material causing big issues?
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finleyw9914d ago
My buddy Mike ran into this exact kind of thing over in Tucson last year. He was working a C-check on an older Airbus A320 and the lead kept using a 1980s corrosion repair manual that said to just sand and paint a spot on the wing spar. Mike pushed them to do an ultrasonic test, and they found a whole patch of microcracking hiding under the paint. Took three extra days to fix it right. The old manual was literally missing a whole paragraph about advanced inspection methods that came out in 2004. That kind of outdated stuff is scary when you think about it.
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murphy.blair14d ago
Yep, stuff like that is straight up dangerous. Paper manuals from the 80s have no business near a modern aircraft.
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the_zara14d ago
lol nothing says "we care about safety" like a manual that's old enough to have a midlife crisis. classic "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" until it literally breaks in the air.
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