MD-88
Maintenance Powerplant; Maintenance Airframe
Maintenance Technician 16
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
In July; I worked routine card for service of the #2 engine. The step requires inspection of the #2 engine fan blades. Upon inspection three fan blades where found to be out of allowable limits for FOD damage per MD88 Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) 72-33-21 (minor damage). I blended the blades per MD88 (AMM) 72-33-21. With the fast pace of Remain Over Night (RON) work and the short turnaround time; the option for errors increase. Those who are not accustomed to it will have an increase percentage. I did not follow through with my co-worker to see if they had called Maintenance Control on that day. The blended blades carry a 50 flight hour High Frequency Eddy Current (HFEC) reinspect in which the same inspection resurfaced on a work card of a different aircraft [8 days later]. Only then did I find that the call to Maintenance Control or any other monitoring team was not made. The aircraft returned to service on the morning [after maintenance work]. Maintenance Control has been notified [9 days later].
A Maintenance Technician reported that a required fan blade follow-up inspection was not created due to a failure to contact maintenance control.