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Press Release
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For Immediate Release
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Date: November 18, 2016
Contact: Ian Gregor
Phone:�
(310) 725-3580;
Email: ian.gregor@xxxxxxx
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LOS ANGELES � The U.S. Department of Transportation�s
Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $240,000 civil penalty against Dean
Baldwin Painting of Bulverde, Texas for numerous violations at its Goodyear,
Ariz. facility.
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The FAA alleges that Dean Baldwin�s Goodyear facility:�
- Performed scuff sanding maintenance on a Boeing
767 it was not authorized to perform and improperly diluted Alodine 1201 for
use on the aircraft and failed to document its use. �Additionally, a company manager signed off
that he performed maintenance that other technicians performed, and did not
identify who actually did the work.�
- Performed an induction wash on three Airbus A319s
that it was not authorized to perform; failed to properly document who performed
the work; and failed to do required preliminary inspections of the aircraft
when they arrived at the facility.�
- Did not have key personnel in place. �These included an inspector responsible for
inspecting all materials sent to the company for repair or alteration, and a
purchasing manager responsible for inventorying all components and materials
and ensuring they match the purchase order, as well as ensuring all
subcontracted aircraft related services, parts, and materials were purchased
through eligible subcontractors. �
- Made revisions to its Repair Station Manual and
Quality Control Manual without providing the FAA with information on those
revisions.�
- Initially provided the FAA with a capabilities
list for another one of its repair stations that contained capability listings
inapplicable to the Goodyear facility. �When
it provided the FAA a capabilities list for the Goodyear facility nearly a year
later, it had not performed a required self-evaluation for articles on the
list.
- Did not
maintain current rosters of supervisory, management, and inspection
personnel, as well as personnel authorized to sign a maintenance release
for approving a maintained or altered article for return to service.�
- Did not
have employment summaries for the executive vice president of operations
and the material manager and did not have current employment summaries for
the lead painter and chief inspector.
- Failed to
record what was done to correct discrepancies on work performed on a
Boeing 737.
- Filled in a work card incorrectly stating that
work done on a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 at the company�s Goodyear facility was
done at its facility in Roswell, N.M.; did not complete a work order form for
this work; and did not include an approval for return to service in the
maintenance record.�
Dean
Baldwin Painting has 30 days from receiving the FAA�s enforcement letter to
respond to the agency.
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