Far -- dispatch release in error.

Attributes
ACN	298100
Time
Date	199502
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	299100
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Lax-phx-slc B737. Aircraft had MEL item, leading edge slat inoperative, MEL. 27-00-oyc. Which is speed restr. Maintenance advisory that the item was fixed and a normal flight plan issued. Upon arrival at destination, maintenance returned item to aircraft, saying item never was fixed. Dispatcher was never notified that item never was cleared. Flight crew stated that they knew item was still in logbook and complied with MEL speed restr. Dispatcher never advised by maintenance on flight crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FAR -- DISPATCH RELEASE IN ERROR.

Narrative: LAX-PHX-SLC B737. ACFT HAD MEL ITEM, LEADING EDGE SLAT INOP, MEL. 27-00-OYC. WHICH IS SPD RESTR. MAINT ADVISORY THAT THE ITEM WAS FIXED AND A NORMAL FLT PLAN ISSUED. UPON ARR AT DEST, MAINT RETURNED ITEM TO ACFT, SAYING ITEM NEVER WAS FIXED. DISPATCHER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT ITEM NEVER WAS CLRED. FLC STATED THAT THEY KNEW ITEM WAS STILL IN LOGBOOK AND COMPLIED WITH MEL SPD RESTR. DISPATCHER NEVER ADVISED BY MAINT ON FLC.

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.