Narrative:

The aircraft had the flap position indication on captain side placarded. The MFDU alert read 'flap position compartment' and the aircraft logbook had an MEL authority/authorized number for the placard. The MEL actually read flap position indication and was not for the flap position compartment. The airspeed indications on the captain's side were missing V1, V2, vsel, flap retract, green DOT, barber poll, alpha floor as well as stall floor. Since the item was placarded and an authority/authorized number present and the inbound captain's brief was the barber poll was missing, and that was all, I assumed the aircraft was legal when in fact it was not.

Related reports:

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FK100 ACFT HAD PLACARD INDICATING INOP FLAP POS INDICATION ON CAPT SIDE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE FLAP POS COMPUTER. MEL WAS IN ERROR AND FLC FLEW THE ACFT WHEN IT WASN'T LEGAL.

Narrative: THE ACFT HAD THE FLAP POS INDICATION ON CAPT SIDE PLACARDED. THE MFDU ALERT READ 'FLAP POS COMPARTMENT' AND THE ACFT LOGBOOK HAD AN MEL AUTH NUMBER FOR THE PLACARD. THE MEL ACTUALLY READ FLAP POS INDICATION AND WAS NOT FOR THE FLAP POS COMPARTMENT. THE AIRSPD INDICATIONS ON THE CAPT'S SIDE WERE MISSING V1, V2, VSEL, FLAP RETRACT, GREEN DOT, BARBER POLL, ALPHA FLOOR AS WELL AS STALL FLOOR. SINCE THE ITEM WAS PLACARDED AND AN AUTH NUMBER PRESENT AND THE INBOUND CAPT'S BRIEF WAS THE BARBER POLL WAS MISSING, AND THAT WAS ALL, I ASSUMED THE ACFT WAS LEGAL WHEN IN FACT IT WAS NOT.

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.