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  **MSFC PRACA : 2003-02-12 08:41**

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  MSFC Problem Reporting and Corrective Action (PRACA) System

  WHOLE RECORD REPORT( + ADDENDUM)
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+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **MSFC       | **In-Flight   | **C       | **      | *    |        |
| Record \#**\ | Anomaly       | ontractor | JSC#**\ | *KSC |        |
| A17359       | Number**\     | Report    | \--     | #**\ |        |
|              | \--           | Number**\ |         | \--  |        |
|              |               | P-087     |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Problem    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Title**\     |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROPULSION - |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELIUM       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INJECT LINE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAKAGE AT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| B-NUT TO     |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **EICN#**\   | **ELEMENT**\  | **Cont    | **F     | **   |        |
| \--          | ET            | ractor**\ | SCM#**\ | FCRI |        |
|              |               | LMMSS     | 06887   | T**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | 1R   |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **HCRIT**\   | **Sys_Lvl**\  | **Misc    |         |      |        |
| \--          | \--           | Codes**\  |         |      |        |
|              |               | A B C D E |         |      |        |
|              |               | F G H I J |         |      |        |
|              |               | K L M N O |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| *            | **NO          | *         | **SER/  | *    |        |
| *HARDWARE**\ | MENCLATURE**\ | *PART#**\ | LOT#**\ | *MAN |        |
| EIM          | \--           | \--       | \--     | UFAC |        |
|              |               |           |         | TURE |        |
|              |               |           |         | R**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| *            | **NO          | *         | **SER/  | *    |        |
| *HARDWARE**\ | MENCLATURE**\ | *PART#**\ | LOT#**\ | *MAN |        |
| LRU          | \--           | \--       | \--     | UFAC |        |
|              |               |           |         | TURE |        |
|              |               |           |         | R**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| *            | **NO          | *         | **SER/  | *    |        |
| *HARDWARE**\ | MENCLATURE**\ | *PART#**\ | LOT#**\ | *MAN |        |
| NCA          | ET COMPLETE   | 11931-009 | ET-102  | UFAC |        |
|              |               | AND -019  |         | TURE |        |
|              |               |           |         | R**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | L    |        |
|              |               |           |         | MMSS |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Test/      | **Prevailing  | **F /     | **Fail  | **   |        |
| Operation**\ | Condtion**\   | U**\      | Mode**\ | Caus |        |
| AS - ATS     | F -           | F         | MV -    | e**\ |        |
|              | FUNCTIONAL    |           | EXT     | MA - |        |
|              |               |           | LEAK    | MFG  |        |
|              |               |           |         | -ASY |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **System**\  | **Defect**\   | **Ma      | **Work  | **   |        |
| PROPULSION   | \--           | terial**\ | Con     | Fail |        |
|              |               | \--       | tact**\ | Dat  |        |
|              |               |           | E.      | e**\ |        |
|              |               |           | ALDAHIR | 01   |        |
|              |               |           |         | /12/ |        |
|              |               |           |         | 1999 |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Received   | **Date        | **FMEA    | **IFA:  | *    |        |
| at MSFC**\   | Isolated**\   | Ref       | Mission | *Mis |        |
| 01/13/1999   | 01/12/1999    | erence**\ | P       | sion |        |
|              |               | 2.4.10.1  | hase**\ | Ela  |        |
|              |               | &         | \--     | psed |        |
|              |               | 2.4.11.1  |         | Tim  |        |
|              |               |           |         | e**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| *            |               | **S       |         | **   |        |
| *Location**\ |               | ymptom**\ |         | Time |        |
| MAF          |               | MV - EXT  |         | Cycl |        |
|              |               | LEAK      |         | e**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| *            |               |           |         |      |        |
| *Effectivity |               |           |         |      |        |
| Text**\      |               |           |         |      |        |
| ET 102       |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Vehicle    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Effectivity  |               |           |         |      |        |
| Codes**      |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Vehicle    | **Vehicle     | **Vehicle | **      | *    |        |
| 1**\         | 2**\          | 3**\      | Vehicle | *Veh |        |
| \--          | \--           | \--       | 4**\    | icle |        |
|              |               |           | \--     | 5**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Mission    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Effectivity  |               |           |         |      |        |
| Codes**      |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Mssn 1**\  | **Mssn 2**\   | **Mssn    | **Mssn  | **   |        |
| \--          | \--           | 3**\      | 4**\    | Mssn |        |
|              |               | \--       | \--     | 5**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Estimated  |               |           |         |      |        |
| Completion   |               |           |         |      |        |
| Dates**      |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **MSFC       | **Contractor  | **LVL 3   | *       |      |        |
| Approved     | Req Defer     | Close**\  | *Remark |      |        |
| Defer Until  | Until Date**\ | \--       | /       |      |        |
| Date**\      | 01/12/1999    |           | Ac      |      |        |
| 04/29/1999   |               |           | tion**\ |      |        |
|              |               |           | 02/     |      |        |
|              |               |           | 01/1999 |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **I          |               |           |         |      |        |
| nvestigation |               |           |         |      |        |
| / Resolution |               |           |         |      |        |
| Summary**    |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Last MSFC  | **CN RSLV     | **Defer   | **Add   | *    |        |
| Update**\    | SBMT**\       | Date**\   | Date**\ | *R/C |        |
| 03/01/1999   | \--           | \--       | 01/     | Code |        |
|              |               |           | 13/1999 | s**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Assignee** |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Design**\  | **Chief       | **S &     | **Pro   | *    |        |
| M. BUTLER    | Engineer**\   | MA**\     | ject**\ | *Pro |        |
|              | J. LUSK       | S. GORUM  | \--     | ject |        |
|              |               |           |         | MG   |        |
|              |               |           |         | R**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | P.   |        |
|              |               |           |         | CO   |        |
|              |               |           |         | UNTS |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Approval** |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Design**\  | **Chief       | **S &     | **Pro   | *    |        |
| M. BUTLER    | Engineer**\   | MA**\     | ject**\ | *Pro |        |
|              | J. LUSK       | S. GORUM  | \--     | ject |        |
|              |               |           |         | MG   |        |
|              |               |           |         | R**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | P.   |        |
|              |               |           |         | CO   |        |
|              |               |           |         | UNTS |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **PAC        | **PAC Review  | **MSFC    | **St    | *    |        |
| Assignee**\  | Complete**\   | Closure   | atus**\ | *F/A |        |
| R. TUCKER    | RT            | Date**\   | C -     | C    |        |
|              |               | 0         | CLOSED  | ompl |        |
|              |               | 2/25/1999 |         | etio |        |
|              |               |           |         | n**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Problem    | **SEV**\      | **Program | **      | **O  |        |
| Type**\      | \--           | Name**\   | REVL**\ | PRIN |        |
| \--          |               | \--       | \--     | C**\ |        |
|              |               |           |         | \--  |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **FUNC       | **Software    | *         |         | **SU | **So   |
| MOD**\       | E             | *Software |         | BTYP | ftware |
| \--          | ffectivity**\ | Fail      |         | E**\ | C      |
|              | \-- \-- \--   | CD**\     |         | \--  | losure |
|              | \-- \--       | \--       |         |      | CD**\  |
|              |               |           |         |      | \--    |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **RES PERSON | **Approval    |           |         |      |        |
| L2**\        | Signature     |           |         |      |        |
| \--          | L3**\         |           |         |      |        |
|              | \--           |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    | **Related     |           |         |      |        |
| Document     | Document      |           |         |      |        |
| Type**\      | ID**\         |           |         |      |        |
| \--          | N037551       |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Document     |               |           |         |      |        |
| Title**\     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \--          |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    | **Related     |           |         |      |        |
| Document     | Document      |           |         |      |        |
| Type**\      | ID**\         |           |         |      |        |
| \--          | \--           |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Document     |               |           |         |      |        |
| Title**\     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \--          |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    | **Related     |           |         |      |        |
| Document     | Document      |           |         |      |        |
| Type**\      | ID**\         |           |         |      |        |
| \--          | \--           |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Related    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Document     |               |           |         |      |        |
| Title**\     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \--          |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Contractor |               |           |         |      |        |
| Status       |               |           |         |      |        |
| Summary**    |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Reliabi    |               |           |         |      |        |
| lity/Quality |               |           |         |      |        |
| Assurance    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Concerns,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| Recomm       |               |           |         |      |        |
| endations:** |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Problem    |               |           |         |      |        |
| D            |               |           |         |      |        |
| escription** |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROBLEM      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A PROBLEM    |               |           |         |      |        |
| OCCURRED ON  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ET-102 IN    |               |           |         |      |        |
| BLDG. 420    |               |           |         |      |        |
| DURING LEAK  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROCEDURE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| TP-8C101-AT. |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINTS 32    |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND 33 ON    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE HELIUM   |               |           |         |      |        |
| INJECT       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| LINE FAILED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| \"BUBBLE\"   |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAK CHECK   |               |           |         |      |        |
| AT THE B-NUT |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TM04K        |               |           |         |      |        |
| REQUIRES     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT THERE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| BE \"NO      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DETECTABLE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| BUBBLES\"    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHEN         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE SYSTEM   |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS           |               |           |         |      |        |
| PRESSURIZED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO 750 +/-   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 50 PSIG, GHE |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND LEAK     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| DETECTION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| SOLUTION IS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLIED ON   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE B-NUT    |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINTS       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| CRITICALITY: |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE LINES    |               |           |         |      |        |
| ARE CRIT.    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 1R; FMEA     |               |           |         |      |        |
| ITEM CODE:   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 2.4.10.1 &   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 2.4.11.1;    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAKAGE      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* REVISION  |               |           |         |      |        |
| \"A\" DATED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| 2-1-99 -     |               |           |         |      |        |
| UPDATES AND  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLOSES ALL   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASKS        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| SEE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| ASTERISKS    |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **Contractor |               |           |         |      |        |
| In           |               |           |         |      |        |
| vestigation/ |               |           |         |      |        |
| Resolution** |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| GENERAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE HE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INJECT LINE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TRANSPORTS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| GROUND GHE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO SUPPLY A  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONTROLLED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FLOW OF      |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELIUM INTO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE AFT      |               |           |         |      |        |
| ELBOW OF THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| LO2          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FEEDLINE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHICH        |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROVIDES     |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROPELLANT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONDITIONING |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND PREVENTS |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| GEYSERING.   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE LINE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONSISTS OF  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FLARED TUBES |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND UNIONS   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINED WITH  |               |           |         |      |        |
| B-NUTS       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FLARED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TUBES ARE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FABRICATED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FROM 321     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CRES, THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNIONS (MS   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 24392-J6)    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 304 CRES.    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE JOINT IS |               |           |         |      |        |
| ASSEMBLED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WITH A       |               |           |         |      |        |
| COPPER       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| CRUSH WASHER |               |           |         |      |        |
| PLACED OVER  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE CONICAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION WITH   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FLARED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TUBE END     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THEN         |               |           |         |      |        |
| CENTERED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| OVER THIS    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION/CRUSH  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WASHER       |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMBINATION. |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS         |               |           |         |      |        |
| ASSEMBLY IS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| SECURED WITH |               |           |         |      |        |
| A B-NUT      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUED TO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 270-300 INCH |               |           |         |      |        |
| POUNDS       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| BOTH LINES   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SHOWED       |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAKAGE AT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| INITIAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| TESTING.     |               |           |         |      |        |
| AFTER        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| REPLACEMENT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE CRUSH |               |           |         |      |        |
| WASHERS AT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINTS 32    |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND 33, AND  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUEING TO |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE MAXIMUM  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| ALLOWABLE,   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE JOINTS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FAILED       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| BUBBLE LEAK  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK. THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION AND    |               |           |         |      |        |
| CRUSH        |               |           |         |      |        |
| WASHERS HAVE |               |           |         |      |        |
| BEEN         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| REMOVED AND  |               |           |         |      |        |
| REPLACED AS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| PER NCD      |               |           |         |      |        |
| N037551      |               |           |         |      |        |
| (REFERENCE:  |               |           |         |      |        |
| IPRAS        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 794960\) AND |               |           |         |      |        |
| PASSED       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TESTING PER  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TP-8C101-AT  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASK I.      |               |           |         |      |        |
| FAILURE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| I            |               |           |         |      |        |
| NVESTIGATION |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A PERFORM    |               |           |         |      |        |
| I            |               |           |         |      |        |
| NVESTIGATION |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO DETERMINE |               |           |         |      |        |
| CAUSE OF     |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAKAGE.     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WILL INCLUDE |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION,  |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION,  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| NCD REVIEW,  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND          |               |           |         |      |        |
| M            |               |           |         |      |        |
| ETALLURGICAL |               |           |         |      |        |
| ANALYSIS     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| RES          |               |           |         |      |        |
| PONSIBILITY: |               |           |         |      |        |
| E. ALDAHIR & |               |           |         |      |        |
| W.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| MATT         |               |           |         |      |        |
| HEESSEN/3741 |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| D.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| W            |               |           |         |      |        |
| ESTPHAL/3740 |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ECD:         |               |           |         |      |        |
| 01/29/1999   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETE:    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 1/19/1999    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* CLOSURE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| STATEMENT:   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 1) A      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SCHEMATIC OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING IS   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ILLUSTRATED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| IN FIGURE I  |               |           |         |      |        |
| (IN          |               |           |         |      |        |
| C            |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONTRACTOR\'S |               |           |         |      |        |
| ORIGINAL     |               |           |         |      |        |
| HARDCOPY)    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 2) THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| RESULTS OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTIONS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ARE SHOWN IN |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TABLE I      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TABLE        |               |           |         |      |        |
| I.MS24385    |               |           |         |      |        |
| STANDARD     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
| VALUES       |               |           |         |      |        |
| VERSUS       |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| (MS24392-J6) |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| VALUES.      |               |           |         |      |        |
| (NOTE:       |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24385      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUPERSEDES   |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392)     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*\*         |               |           |         |      |        |
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|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*ITEM \*    |               |           |         |      |        |
| ID\" \* MD\" |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* MID\" \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
| PD\" \*CS \* |               |           |         |      |        |
| L\" \* J\"   |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* H \*      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*\*         |               |           |         |      |        |
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|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*MS         |               |           |         |      |        |
| 24385\*0.297 |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 0.5538-   |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.4916-    |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.5230-    |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*37 \*1.375 |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.556      |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.005\*    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* +/- 0.004 |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 0.5625    |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.4983     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.5264     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*1/2\*.0156 |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.015 \*   |               |           |         |      |        |
| MAX.\*       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* \* \* \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*1.374      |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.561      |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.002\*    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* IN FLOW   |               |           |         |      |        |
| END          |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*\*\*\*\*   |               |           |         |      |        |
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|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*ACTUAL     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (0.291-\*    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 0.5573       |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.4933     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*           |               |           |         |      |        |
| (0.5227)\*37 |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEGREES \*   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 0.293)\*  |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* \* \* \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* OUT FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END\* \* \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* \*        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*ACTUAL     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (0.280-\*    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 0.5594       |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.4937     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*0.5249     |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*(38        |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEGREES) \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 0.285)\*  |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* \* \* \*  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*\*         |               |           |         |      |        |
| \*\*\*\*\*\* |               |           |         |      |        |
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| \*\*\*\*\*\* |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ID=INNER     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIAMETER,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| MD=MAJOR     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIAMETER,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PD=PITCH     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIAMETER,    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| L=TOTAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| LENGTH,      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CS=CONICAL   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SURFACE,     |               |           |         |      |        |
| J=REF.       |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24358      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| H=PERP       |               |           |         |      |        |
| ENDICULARITY |               |           |         |      |        |
| FLOW PLANE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO HEX SIDE  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| NOTE:        |               |           |         |      |        |
| NUMBERS IN   |               |           |         |      |        |
| PARATHESISES |               |           |         |      |        |
| IN TABLE I   |               |           |         |      |        |
| DENOTE OUT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF           |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TOLERANCE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOR THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUSPECT      |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| AFTER IT WAS |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSTALLED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND REMOVED. |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING\'S   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OUT OF       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TOLERANCE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| DIMENSIONS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ARE AS       |               |           |         |      |        |
| EXPECTED,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| DUE          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO ITS       |               |           |         |      |        |
| REMOVAL AND  |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSTALLATION |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 3) ON     |               |           |         |      |        |
| JANUARY 18,  |               |           |         |      |        |
| 1999 THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUSPECT      |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAS CHECKED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOR LEAKS BY |               |           |         |      |        |
| PRESSURIZING |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND          |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUBMERGING   |               |           |         |      |        |
| IT IN WATER. |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE IN FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DISPLAYED AN |               |           |         |      |        |
| OBVIOUS      |               |           |         |      |        |
| VIGOROUS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAK WITH    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONLY 5 PSI   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF PRESSURE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLIED TO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FITTING  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 4) THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| PHOTOGRAPHIC |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF           |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE SUSPECT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| RESULTED IN  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOLLOWING:   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A\) THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADS ON   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE IN FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING ARE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| NOT          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROPERLY     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (I.E.        |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADING)   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| B\) THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONICAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SECTION OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE OUT FLOW |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING IS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONCAVE IN   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SHAPE, WHICH |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS A NORMAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEFORMATION  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AFTER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| I            |               |           |         |      |        |
| NSTALLATION. |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE CONICAL  |               |           |         |      |        |
| SECTION      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE IN    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FLOW END OF  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| EXHIBITED    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| EVIDENCE OF  |               |           |         |      |        |
| NO CONTACT   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WITH THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| MATING TUBE, |               |           |         |      |        |
| SINCE        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THERE WAS NO |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEFORMATION  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ON THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONICAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SECTION OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FITTING  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| C\) THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING HAS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| OBVIOUS      |               |           |         |      |        |
| NICKS AND    |               |           |         |      |        |
| SCRATCHES ON |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE WHOLE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PART         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 5) THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHEMICAL ID  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| HARDNESS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK OF THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUSPECT      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| RESULTED IN  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOLLOWING:   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A\) THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHEMICAL ID  |               |           |         |      |        |
| REVEALED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING IS A |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 304 CRES,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHICH MEETS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE MS24385  |               |           |         |      |        |
| STANDARD     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| REQUIREMENT  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| B\) THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| HARDNESS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK IS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| EQUAL TO AN  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AVERAGE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| VALUE OF     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 24.1 HRC,    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHICH IS TO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| BE EXPECTED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOR 304      |               |           |         |      |        |
| MATERIAL     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 6) THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| NCD HISTORY  |               |           |         |      |        |
| REVIEW       |               |           |         |      |        |
| DISCOVERED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONLY THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOLLOWING    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| NCDS:        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A\) T094991  |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAS          |               |           |         |      |        |
| INITIATED ON |               |           |         |      |        |
| 3/12/1987    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOR 1925     |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS, OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHICH 600    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE         |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6,  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT WERE    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOUND TO     |               |           |         |      |        |
| HAVE NICKS.  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE SUSPECT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| IN VIOLATION |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24385      |               |           |         |      |        |
| STANDARD     |               |           |         |      |        |
| REQUIREMENTS |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| T094991 WAS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| D            |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISPOSITIONED |               |           |         |      |        |
| BY MRB AS    |               |           |         |      |        |
| USE AS IS    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| B\) N037551  |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAS DUE TO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING IN   |               |           |         |      |        |
| QUESTION     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* 7) A      |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THROUGH      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLEAN BAGS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAS          |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONDUCTED ON |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 30           |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS.    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE 30       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| EXHIBITED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| NICKS AND    |               |           |         |      |        |
| SCRATCHES    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT WERE    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISIBLE TO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE NAKED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| EYE. (NOTE:  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE 30       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TRACEABLE    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE FOUND   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO BE THE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONES, WHICH  |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PREVIOUSLY   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACCEPTED ON  |               |           |         |      |        |
| T094991.)    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* SUMMARY   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF TASK 1.A: |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE CAUSE OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE LEAK WAS |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISOLATED TO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROCESS ON   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE IN FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING. THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREAD       |               |           |         |      |        |
| PREVENTED    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FLARED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TUBE END TO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETELY   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SEAT ON THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONICAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| SURFACE OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DURING       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLICATION  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* B BASED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ON THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| FAILURE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CAUSE, A     |               |           |         |      |        |
| 100% STOCK   |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK OF     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (WEBER       |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND ASC) IN  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| STORES IS TO |               |           |         |      |        |
| BE           |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONDUCTED.   |               |           |         |      |        |
| RECEIVING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS TO        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECT THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS BY  |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAY OF       |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| METHOD TO    |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK FOR    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROPER       |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADING    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| RES          |               |           |         |      |        |
| PONSIBILITY: |               |           |         |      |        |
| F.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| WIL          |               |           |         |      |        |
| LIAMS/3762 - |               |           |         |      |        |
| S.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| PARIKH/3760  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ECD:         |               |           |         |      |        |
| 01/29/1999   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETE:    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 1/26/1999    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* CLOSURE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| STATEMENT:   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ALL OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 321          |               |           |         |      |        |
| MS24392-J6   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (WEBER       |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND ASC) IN  |               |           |         |      |        |
| STORES WERE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUALLY     |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTED,   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 320 OF THEM  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE         |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACCEPTED AND |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONE WAS      |               |           |         |      |        |
| REJECTED DUE |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO PART NOT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| BEING        |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEBURRED ON  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ONE END OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE UNION    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING.     |               |           |         |      |        |
| RELIABILITY  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ASSURANCE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| HAS          |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONFIRMED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| RECEIVING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTIONS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FINDING      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| (REF.        |               |           |         |      |        |
| N039784)     |               |           |         |      |        |
| BASED ON THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE 321   |               |           |         |      |        |
| PARTS,       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FURTHER      |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF SIMILAR   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS FOR |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISOLATED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| ANOMALY IS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| NOT          |               |           |         |      |        |
| WARRANTED.   |               |           |         |      |        |
| IN ADDITION, |               |           |         |      |        |
| NO SCAR      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTION IS    |               |           |         |      |        |
| JUSTIFIED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOR THE      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUPPLIER     |               |           |         |      |        |
| (WEBER       |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE)   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* C.        |               |           |         |      |        |
| RECEIVING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| (DEPT. 3762) |               |           |         |      |        |
| WILL ADDRESS |               |           |         |      |        |
| VIA CREW     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE ANOMALY  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FOUND IN     |               |           |         |      |        |
| PARAGRAPH    |               |           |         |      |        |
| I.A.4.A. FOR |               |           |         |      |        |
| FUTURE       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| VISUAL       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF MS24XXX   |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTINGS     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| RES          |               |           |         |      |        |
| PONSIBILITY: |               |           |         |      |        |
| F.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| WIL          |               |           |         |      |        |
| LIAMS/3762 - |               |           |         |      |        |
| S.           |               |           |         |      |        |
| PARIKH/3760  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ECD:         |               |           |         |      |        |
| 02/5/1999    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETE:    |               |           |         |      |        |
| 02/01/1999   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* CLOSURE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| STATEMENT:   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AS AN        |               |           |         |      |        |
| ENHANCEMENT, |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| RECEIVING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUPERVISOR   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| (DEPT. 3762) |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELD A CREW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| MEETING TO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ADDRESS THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| MISTHREADED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| ANOMALY IN   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ORDER TO     |               |           |         |      |        |
| HEIGHTEN     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| EMPLOYEE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| AWARENESS.   |               |           |         |      |        |
| (REF.        |               |           |         |      |        |
| ATTACHED CC  |               |           |         |      |        |
| MAIL FROM    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| F. WILLIAMS) |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASK CLOSED  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* CAUSE:    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE CAUSE OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE LEAK WAS |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISOLATED TO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AN           |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREADING    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROCESS ON   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE IN FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END OF THE   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING. THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREAD       |               |           |         |      |        |
| PREVENTED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE FLARED   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TUBE END TO  |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETELY   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SEAT ON THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONICAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SURFACE OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DURING       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLICATION  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* TASK II.  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CORRECTIVE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTION       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| BASED ON     |               |           |         |      |        |
| NO           |               |           |         |      |        |
| NCONFORMANCE |               |           |         |      |        |
| HISTORY AND  |               |           |         |      |        |
| STOCK        |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION,  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS AN        |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISOLATED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCIDENT     |               |           |         |      |        |
| ATTRIBUTED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO NORMAL    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PRODUCTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FALL-OUT. AS |               |           |         |      |        |
| AN           |               |           |         |      |        |
| ENHANCEMENT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| A RECEIVING  |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSPECTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| CREW         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| MEETING WAS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELD TO MAKE |               |           |         |      |        |
| THEIR        |               |           |         |      |        |
| DEPARTMENTAL |               |           |         |      |        |
| EMPLOYEES    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AWARE OF THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| ANOMALY      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASK CLOSED  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* TASK III. |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLEARANCE OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| E            |               |           |         |      |        |
| FFECTIVITIES |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| ALL ETS      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLEARED THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| PURPOSE OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAK TESTING |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS TO FILTER |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| OUT SUCH     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DI           |               |           |         |      |        |
| SCREPANCIES. |               |           |         |      |        |
| ALL          |               |           |         |      |        |
| INSTALLED    |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINTS       |               |           |         |      |        |
| PASSED       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TP-8C101-AT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAK TESTING |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASK CLOSED  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| \* TASK IV.  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CAPS CLOSURE |               |           |         |      |        |
| SUMMARY      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| A PROBLEM    |               |           |         |      |        |
| OCCURRED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DURING LEAK  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK ON     |               |           |         |      |        |
| ET-102 IN    |               |           |         |      |        |
| BLDG         |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 420 DURING   |               |           |         |      |        |
| PERFORMANCE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF LEAK      |               |           |         |      |        |
| CHECK        |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROCEDURE    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| (T           |               |           |         |      |        |
| P-8C101-AT). |               |           |         |      |        |
| TWO JOINTS   |               |           |         |      |        |
| (32 AND 33)  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ON THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELIUM       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| INJECT LINE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| FAILED       |               |           |         |      |        |
| \"BUBBLE\"   |               |           |         |      |        |
| LEAK CHECK.  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE TM04K    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| REQUIREMENT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS \"NO      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DETECTABLE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| BUBBLES\"    |               |           |         |      |        |
| WHEN THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| SYSTEM IS    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PRESSURIZED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO 750 +/-   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 50 PSIG, GHE |               |           |         |      |        |
| AND LEAK     |               |           |         |      |        |
| DETECTION    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| SOLUTION IS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLIED ON   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE B-NUT    |               |           |         |      |        |
| JOINTS       |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| I            |               |           |         |      |        |
| NVESTIGATION |               |           |         |      |        |
| REVEALED     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT THE     |               |           |         |      |        |
| ROOT CAUSE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE LEAK  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WAS ISOLATED |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREAD ON    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE IN FLOW  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END          |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING. THE |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCOMPLETE   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THREAD NEVER |               |           |         |      |        |
| ALLOWED THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| FLARED TUBE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| END TO       |               |           |         |      |        |
| COMPLETELY   |               |           |         |      |        |
| SEAT ON THE  |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONICAL      |               |           |         |      |        |
| SURFACE      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| OF THE UNION |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| DURING       |               |           |         |      |        |
| TORQUE       |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPLICATION. |               |           |         |      |        |
| NO OTHER     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROBLEMS     |               |           |         |      |        |
| WERE NOTED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT COULD   |               |           |         |      |        |
| HAVE         |               |           |         |      |        |
| CONTRIBUTED  |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO THIS      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| PROBLEM      |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| BASED ON A   |               |           |         |      |        |
| 100%         |               |           |         |      |        |
| INVENTORY    |               |           |         |      |        |
| STOCK CHECK, |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| MISTHREADED  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| WEBER        |               |           |         |      |        |
| AEROSPACE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| UNION        |               |           |         |      |        |
| FITTING      |               |           |         |      |        |
| (MS24392-J6) |               |           |         |      |        |
| IS AN        |               |           |         |      |        |
| ISOLATED     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| INCIDENT     |               |           |         |      |        |
| THAT IS      |               |           |         |      |        |
| ATTRIBUTED   |               |           |         |      |        |
| TO NORMAL    |               |           |         |      |        |
| PRODUCTION   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FALL OUT     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| AS AN        |               |           |         |      |        |
| ENHANCEMENT  |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE CREW     |               |           |         |      |        |
| MEETING WAS  |               |           |         |      |        |
| HELD TO      |               |           |         |      |        |
| HEIGHTEN     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE          |               |           |         |      |        |
| EMPLOYEES\'  |               |           |         |      |        |
| AWARENESS OF |               |           |         |      |        |
| THE INCIDENT |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| TASK CLOSED  |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS CAPS IS |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLOSED. NO   |               |           |         |      |        |
| FURTHER      |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTION IS    |               |           |         |      |        |
| REQUIRED     |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+
| **MSFC       |               |           |         |      |        |
| Response/C   |               |           |         |      |        |
| oncurrence** |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 02/04/99 -   |               |           |         |      |        |
| MSFC         |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPRVOES     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLOSED WITH  |               |           |         |      |        |
| ACTION       |               |           |         |      |        |
| STATUS. THIS |               |           |         |      |        |
| STATUS IS    |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| EFFECTIVE    |               |           |         |      |        |
| THROUGH      |               |           |         |      |        |
| 04/29/99     |               |           |         |      |        |
|              |               |           |         |      |        |
| 02/25/99 -   |               |           |         |      |        |
| MSFC         |               |           |         |      |        |
| APPROVES     |               |           |         |      |        |
| CLOSURE OF   |               |           |         |      |        |
| THIS CAPS    |               |           |         |      |        |
+--------------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+--------+

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  MSFC Problem Reporting and Corrective Action (PRACA) System

  ASSESSMENT ADDENDUM REPORT
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  ------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------- ----------- ------------
  **MSFC Report#**\   **IFA#**\        **Contractor     **JSC#**\   **KSC#**\   **EICN#**\
  A17359              \--              RPT#**\          \--         \--         \--
                                       P-087                                    

  **Asmnt Part#**\    **Asmnt Part     **Asmnt                                  
  11931-009 AND -019  Name**\          Serial/Lot#**\                           
                      ET COMPLETE      ET - 102                                 

  **HCRIT CD**\       **FCRIT CD**\    **CAUSE CD**\    **FAIL                  
  \--                 1R               MA - MFG-ASY     MODE**\                 
                                                        MV - EXT                
                                                        LEAK                    

  **Asmnt FMEA**\     **Asmnt FM**\    **FMEA CSE**\    **FMEA                  
  2.4.10              .1               .1               SCSE**\                 
                                                        \--                     

  **Asmnt FMEA**\     **Asmnt FM**\    **FMEA CSE**\    **FMEA                  
  2.4.11              \--              \--              SCSE**\                 
                                                        \--                     

  **Asmnt FMEA**\     **Asmnt FM**\    **FMEA CSE**\    **FMEA                  
  \--                 \--              \--              SCSE**\                 
                                                        \--                     

  **Correlated        **Correlated     **Correlated                             
  Part#**\            Part#**\         Part#**\                                 
  \--                 \--              \--                                      

  **Associated        **Associated     **Associated                             
  LRU#**\             LRU#**\          LRU#**\                                  
  \--                 \--              \--                                      

  **MAJOR DESIGN                                                                
  CHANGES**                                                                     

  **APRV DATE**\      **DESCRIPTION OF                                          
  \--                 CHANGES**\                                                
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