Commuter light transport is flown to the maintenance base without complying with MEL.

Attributes
ACN	187769
Time
Date	199108
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abq
State Reference	NM
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 8500
ASRS Report	187769
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Company policy is to call maintenance control before writing up any discrepancies on aircraft. After a flight during which 2 malfunctions occurred, I was told we were swapping our aircraft. I informed the oncoming pilot I had 2 grounding discrepancies and was going to call maintenance. He said he knew it, and had been told to bring the aircraft in to the maintenance base. When I turned my back to go to the telephone, he started up and taxied out for takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LTT IS FLOWN TO THE MAINT BASE WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH MEL.

Narrative: COMPANY POLICY IS TO CALL MAINT CTL BEFORE WRITING UP ANY DISCREPANCIES ON ACFT. AFTER A FLT DURING WHICH 2 MALFUNCTIONS OCCURRED, I WAS TOLD WE WERE SWAPPING OUR ACFT. I INFORMED THE ONCOMING PLT I HAD 2 GNDING DISCREPANCIES AND WAS GOING TO CALL MAINT. HE SAID HE KNEW IT, AND HAD BEEN TOLD TO BRING THE ACFT IN TO THE MAINT BASE. WHEN I TURNED MY BACK TO GO TO THE TELEPHONE, HE STARTED UP AND TAXIED OUT FOR TKOF.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.