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Aircraft departs airport for destination airport with equipment problem that was deferred illegally as the departure airport was forecasting icing conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 253306 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199309 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bmi |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 253306 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Prepared a flight release and briefed the crew for flight and included the information regarding the icing conditions for our chicago (mdw) destination. The aircraft had no deferred items listed. This was approximately 1 1/2 hours before scheduled departure time. At 15 mins prior to departure the crew put a log entry for an inoperative elevator feel pitot static in violation of the MEL due to the forecasted icing conditions. I was never notified of the deferral by the crew or maintenance personnel. The aircraft was flown with the item inoperative into icing. The MEL item showed up in the computer and the relief dispatcher grounded the aircraft in mdw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT DEPARTS ARPT FOR DEST ARPT WITH EQUIP PROB THAT WAS DEFERRED ILLEGALLY AS THE DEP ARPT WAS FORECASTING ICING CONDITIONS.
Narrative: PREPARED A FLT RELEASE AND BRIEFED THE CREW FOR FLT AND INCLUDED THE INFO REGARDING THE ICING CONDITIONS FOR OUR CHICAGO (MDW) DEST. THE ACFT HAD NO DEFERRED ITEMS LISTED. THIS WAS APPROX 1 1/2 HRS BEFORE SCHEDULED DEP TIME. AT 15 MINS PRIOR TO DEP THE CREW PUT A LOG ENTRY FOR AN INOP ELEVATOR FEEL PITOT STATIC IN VIOLATION OF THE MEL DUE TO THE FORECASTED ICING CONDITIONS. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE DEFERRAL BY THE CREW OR MAINT PERSONNEL. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH THE ITEM INOP INTO ICING. THE MEL ITEM SHOWED UP IN THE COMPUTER AND THE RELIEF DISPATCHER GNDED THE ACFT IN MDW.
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.