Flight crew failed to observe FARS regarding a maintenance item.

Attributes
ACN	295570
Time
Date	199502
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	295570
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Feb/tue/95 a company flight from pit-mgw-pit. Calbe handle for aft cargo door broke off. The cable is not required for safe flight, however, it was written up in the maintenance log and maintenance and dispatch notified. The aircraft continued in revenue service without the appropriate written endorsement to return the aircraft to service by maintenance inadvertently. The aircraft log should have shown that maintenance had deferred this item.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILED TO OBSERVE FARS REGARDING A MAINT ITEM.

Narrative: FEB/TUE/95 A COMPANY FLT FROM PIT-MGW-PIT. CALBE HANDLE FOR AFT CARGO DOOR BROKE OFF. THE CABLE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLT, HOWEVER, IT WAS WRITTEN UP IN THE MAINT LOG AND MAINT AND DISPATCH NOTIFIED. THE ACFT CONTINUED IN REVENUE SVC WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT TO RETURN THE ACFT TO SVC BY MAINT INADVERTENTLY. THE ACFT LOG SHOULD HAVE SHOWN THAT MAINT HAD DEFERRED THIS ITEM.

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.