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Aircraft with MEL restriction prohibiting flight into known or forecast icing conditions was dispatched to airport experiencing icing conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1596245 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft was dispatched from ZZZ while ZZZ was experiencing frost/icing conditions. Even the captain of the flight mentioned aircraft being deiced; yet the aircraft was flown with an MEL that restricted flight during icing or forecast icing conditions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Aircraft with MEL restriction prohibiting flight into known or forecast icing conditions was dispatched to airport experiencing icing conditions.
Narrative: Aircraft was dispatched from ZZZ while ZZZ was experiencing frost/icing conditions. Even the Captain of the flight mentioned aircraft being deiced; yet the aircraft was flown with an MEL that restricted flight during icing or forecast icing conditions.
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.