NASA-LLIS-0098
Lessons Learned - Displacement Leak Detector
| Organization: | NASA |
| Publication Date: | 5 August 1992 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 2 |
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Description of Driving Event:
A technician was performing leak checks at ports on the right side of the orbiter (OV-099) using a displacement leak detector. The tygon hose became tangled and the leak detector fell and hit the side of the vehicle damaging seven tiles. The detector was damaged when it finally hit the floor. The bay manager, safety, and the operations desk were notified of the incident, and the area was cleaned of spilled fluid & debris.
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