Captain of an light transport discovered after landing that an MEL item had exceeded deferral time limits. The aircraft had been released for service by both maintenance and operations at the last origination airport.

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Attributes
ACN	352150
Time
Date	199611
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdw
State Reference	IL
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	other other : other pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 775 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	352150
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft cleared by operation and maintenance to fly. Upon arrival at mdw, captain became aware that time limit had been exceeded on MEL deferral. The problem appears to have been caused by the crew rushing to leave on time. Improved awareness by all parties involved will help prevent a future occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN LTT DISCOVERED AFTER LNDG THAT AN MEL ITEM HAD EXCEEDED DEFERRAL TIME LIMITS. THE ACFT HAD BEEN RELEASED FOR SVC BY BOTH MAINT AND OPS AT THE LAST ORIGINATION ARPT.

Narrative: ACFT CLRED BY OP AND MAINT TO FLY. UPON ARR AT MDW, CAPT BECAME AWARE THAT TIME LIMIT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED ON MEL DEFERRAL. THE PROB APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE CREW RUSHING TO LEAVE ON TIME. IMPROVED AWARENESS BY ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WILL HELP PREVENT A FUTURE OCCURRENCE.

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.