<< >> NASA ASRS Report 205466, March 1992

MEL requirement deferral not cleared but aircraft flown with inoperative piece of equipment. Logbook out of sync with maintenance control computer.

Attributes
ACN	205466
Time
Date	199203
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	205466
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
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 : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Ship wxyz with MEL defer item 31 xx-02 (a 3 day deferral) 'flight data recorder' was entered in the logbook on mar/sat/92. Contacted maintenance control and they stated that it was 'entered in the computer' mar/sun/92, which is when maintenance starts counting the 3 day limit. I refused to accept aircraft. Maintenance control then directed local sfo maintenance to change deferral placard in aircraft to reflect mar/sun/92 date in order to fly on mar/wed/92. Flew aircraft until approximately AM45Z on wed. Next crew took aircraft after 0001Z on mar/thu/92 without maintenance clearing MEL item #31-xx-02. I flew flts wed sfo-mem. Wed mem-ord, wed ord-dtw on mar/wed/92.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MEL REQUIREMENT DEFERRAL NOT CLRED BUT ACFT FLOWN WITH INOP PIECE OF EQUIP. LOGBOOK OUT OF SYNC WITH MAINT CTL COMPUTER.

Narrative: SHIP WXYZ WITH MEL DEFER ITEM 31 XX-02 (A 3 DAY DEFERRAL) 'FLT DATA RECORDER' WAS ENTERED IN THE LOGBOOK ON MAR/SAT/92. CONTACTED MAINT CTL AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS 'ENTERED IN THE COMPUTER' MAR/SUN/92, WHICH IS WHEN MAINT STARTS COUNTING THE 3 DAY LIMIT. I REFUSED TO ACCEPT ACFT. MAINT CTL THEN DIRECTED LCL SFO MAINT TO CHANGE DEFERRAL PLACARD IN ACFT TO REFLECT MAR/SUN/92 DATE IN ORDER TO FLY ON MAR/WED/92. FLEW ACFT UNTIL APPROX AM45Z ON WED. NEXT CREW TOOK ACFT AFTER 0001Z ON MAR/THU/92 WITHOUT MAINT CLRING MEL ITEM #31-XX-02. I FLEW FLTS WED SFO-MEM. WED MEM-ORD, WED ORD-DTW ON MAR/WED/92.

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.