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Widebody transport departed with incorrect deferred item on dispatch release. Maintenance had not entered the proper item in the computer. The trip was legal with the deferred item. Safety was not compromised but the paperwork was incorrect.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358610 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| 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 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 358610 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight left out of den with an incorrect deferred item on the release. Maintenance in den did not change the placard in the computer to the correct placard and captain left out of den without a release showing correct MEL item. Flight safety was not jeopardized, but there was a definite lack of communication between maintenance, dispatch, and the flight crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB DEPARTED WITH INCORRECT DEFERRED ITEM ON DISPATCH RELEASE. MAINT HAD NOT ENTERED THE PROPER ITEM IN THE COMPUTER. THE TRIP WAS LEGAL WITH THE DEFERRED ITEM. SAFETY WAS NOT COMPROMISED BUT THE PAPERWORK WAS INCORRECT.
Narrative: FLT LEFT OUT OF DEN WITH AN INCORRECT DEFERRED ITEM ON THE RELEASE. MAINT IN DEN DID NOT CHANGE THE PLACARD IN THE COMPUTER TO THE CORRECT PLACARD AND CAPT LEFT OUT OF DEN WITHOUT A RELEASE SHOWING CORRECT MEL ITEM. FLT SAFETY WAS NOT JEOPARDIZED, BUT THERE WAS A DEFINITE LACK OF COM BTWN MAINT, DISPATCH, AND THE 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.