Aircraft flown with open MEL item.

Attributes
ACN	312105
Time
Date	199507
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
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 : 13000 flight time type : 950
ASRS Report	312105
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 9000
ASRS Report	312194
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
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:

After starting both engines and during taxi out at dtw, crew received an ECAM message for 'elec TR2' fault. No electronic checklist with corrective items was generated by ECAM, so crew referenced the cockpit operating manual. The cockpit operating manual stated that the ECAM indication was for crew awareness only with no corrective action required. Crew then referred to the aircraft MEL as per company procedure. However, reference to this discrepancy was overlooked by the crew at this time due to distrs caused by radios and the txwys during taxi out. Once at altitude, further examination of the MEL revealed the previously overlooked reference indicating that this item required corrective action prior to dispatch. Dispatch was then contacted over company radio and advised of the discrepancy. Subsequently, dispatch coordinated for corrective maintenance upon arrival at the destination station.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT FLOWN WITH OPEN MEL ITEM.

Narrative: AFTER STARTING BOTH ENGS AND DURING TAXI OUT AT DTW, CREW RECEIVED AN ECAM MESSAGE FOR 'ELEC TR2' FAULT. NO ELECTRONIC CHKLIST WITH CORRECTIVE ITEMS WAS GENERATED BY ECAM, SO CREW REFED THE COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL. THE COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL STATED THAT THE ECAM INDICATION WAS FOR CREW AWARENESS ONLY WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIRED. CREW THEN REFERRED TO THE ACFT MEL AS PER COMPANY PROC. HOWEVER, REF TO THIS DISCREPANCY WAS OVERLOOKED BY THE CREW AT THIS TIME DUE TO DISTRS CAUSED BY RADIOS AND THE TXWYS DURING TAXI OUT. ONCE AT ALT, FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE MEL REVEALED THE PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED REF INDICATING THAT THIS ITEM REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTION PRIOR TO DISPATCH. DISPATCH WAS THEN CONTACTED OVER COMPANY RADIO AND ADVISED OF THE DISCREPANCY. SUBSEQUENTLY, DISPATCH COORDINATED FOR CORRECTIVE MAINT UPON ARR AT THE DEST STATION.

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.