MD80 super 80 flew with a placard indicating CAT III status when the autothrottles were inoperative.

Attributes
ACN	360492
Time
Date	199702
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : stl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
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	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	360492
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	360330
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Location: dfw. Aircraft autothrottles placarded inoperative at dfw. I failed to insure that lmp was downgraded at same time and flew to aus. Apparently following crew caught error as aircraft was placarded next day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 SUPER 80 FLEW WITH A PLACARD INDICATING CAT III STATUS WHEN THE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE INOP.

Narrative: LOCATION: DFW. ACFT AUTOTHROTTLES PLACARDED INOP AT DFW. I FAILED TO INSURE THAT LMP WAS DOWNGRADED AT SAME TIME AND FLEW TO AUS. APPARENTLY FOLLOWING CREW CAUGHT ERROR AS ACFT WAS PLACARDED NEXT DAY.

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.