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B737-700 crew reported an MEL for non-essential equipment; aft service door slide armed flag missing. Requirement to place tape over the entry door window when the slide is armed. Crew recommends making recurring procedures a logbook entry.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1354378 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Service/Access Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 264 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 186 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural MEL |
Narrative:
We arrived at the aircraft early for preflight. Noted MEL for non-essential equipment; aft service door slide armed flag missing. Aircraft was properly placarded in accordance with standard procedures and MEL was properly noted in the logbook. Flight attendant (flight attendant) was concerned about not having a slide armed flag. We departed on time. At cruising altitude; I decided to have a second look at the MEL; and found that the non-essential equipment list had a requirement to put tape over the entry door window when the slide is armed. I called the flight attendant; and found that one had duct tape in her bag. She applied a strip of tape over the window with the duct tape in accordance with the list. I also added an 'info only' note in the logbook to alert others that the aircraft had a recurring requirement for each flight with that MEL. The remainder of the flight was uneventful.it may be helpful to make recurring procedures a mandatory logbook entry for each page of flights. There was no tape available on the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-700 crew reported an MEL for non-essential equipment; aft service door slide armed flag missing. Requirement to place tape over the entry door window when the slide is armed. Crew recommends making recurring procedures a logbook entry.
Narrative: We arrived at the aircraft early for preflight. Noted MEL for non-essential equipment; aft service door slide armed flag missing. Aircraft was properly placarded in accordance with standard procedures and MEL was properly noted in the logbook. Flight Attendant (FA) was concerned about not having a slide armed flag. We departed on time. At cruising altitude; I decided to have a second look at the MEL; and found that the non-essential equipment list had a requirement to put tape over the entry door window when the slide is armed. I called the FA; and found that one had duct tape in her bag. She applied a strip of tape over the window with the duct tape in accordance with the list. I also added an 'info only' note in the logbook to alert others that the aircraft had a recurring requirement for each flight with that MEL. The remainder of the flight was uneventful.It may be helpful to make recurring procedures a mandatory logbook entry for each page of flights. There was no tape available on the aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.