A320
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Maintenance Lead Technician 5; Maintenance Technician 15
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Procedure; Aircraft; Human Factors
During a shift change; a floor beam was picked up on to continue installation. While working the installation it was found that the floor beam had been forced down over a Hi-Lok; causing a gouge in the beam in an area where no limits for damage are allowed; the beam was removed. When we came back to work; the same beam had been re-installed. I feel this is a safety issue. This happened at our Contract Maintenance Repair Station. This was on Air Carrier X's A320 aircraft. Two people were heavily involved with this. It was also brought to the attention of the Director of Maintenance (DOM) with no response.
A Lead Mechanic working for a Contract Maintenance Repair Station reports about a new floor beam that had been gouged when forced down over a Hi-Lok during installation on a Customer A320 aircraft. The beam was removed due to no damage allowed; but later found reinstalled.