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Two schools of thought on logbook entries: exact torque values or just 'torqued to spec'?
Last month a guy on my crew signed off a flap actuator job with just 'torqued to spec' and our lead made him pull the panel and redo the writeup with the actual numbers. I get that some shops want every value logged in case of an audit, but I've also seen inspectors wave off entries that are so cluttered you can't read them. Which way do you all write yours up, and has it ever bitten you either way?
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anthony_sullivan719d ago
My old shop in Wichita made us write the actual number on every line item, so a flap actuator writeup would say something like "42 in-lbs" next to each bolt. Here's where I see it differently though, an inspector can't tell if 42 in-lbs was right or wrong without pulling the manual anyway, so the number alone doesn't prove much. What it does prove is that you actually looked it up instead of guessing, and that matters when something fails later and lawyers start digging. The clutter problem is real but that's a handwriting and formatting issue, not a reason to leave the value out. Our lead solved it by having us log the number in the torque column and the range or reference in the notes, keeps it readable and complete. So yeah I'd side with your lead on this one, "torqued to spec" tells the next guy nothing and covers nobody.
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