CRE · Question #284
A high incidence of failures has developed during aircraft acceptance testing. The identified failure is that an instrument panel light has malfunctioned on 6 of the last 10 aircraft tested. This…
The correct answer is A. Visit the supplier to assist in determining the root cause of the problem. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
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A high incidence of failures has developed during aircraft acceptance testing. The identified failure is that an instrument panel light has malfunctioned on 6 of the last 10 aircraft tested. This problem needs to be investigated and a Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) needs to be completed without stopping aircraft production. If the cause of the failure is determined to be a faulty subassembly manufactured only by a single supplier, and this situation is threatening to shut down aircraft production, the next step should be to
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- AVisit the supplier to assist in determining the root cause of the problem.
- BInitiate a supplier corrective action and return all of the unsorted inventory.
- CIssue a Government and Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) alert.
- DUpdate the inspection instruction and retrain receiving inspection.
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- B10% (2)
- C5% (1)
- D5% (1)
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