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MD80S aircraft with inoperative start valve. Maintenance opened it manually and deferred it until next stop. It should have been written up and signed off prior to flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 379280 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| 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 : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 379280 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | 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 | other |
Narrative:
During pushback l-hand start valve would not open. Tpa maintenance opened manually. Discussed procedures with maintenance and determined it could be written up and fixed at dfw. After rereading the MEL in-flight we determined it should have been written up and signed off prior to departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80S ACFT WITH INOP START VALVE. MAINT OPENED IT MANUALLY AND DEFERRED IT UNTIL NEXT STOP. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP AND SIGNED OFF PRIOR TO FLT.
Narrative: DURING PUSHBACK L-HAND START VALVE WOULD NOT OPEN. TPA MAINT OPENED MANUALLY. DISCUSSED PROCS WITH MAINT AND DETERMINED IT COULD BE WRITTEN UP AND FIXED AT DFW. AFTER REREADING THE MEL INFLT WE DETERMINED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP AND SIGNED OFF PRIOR TO DEP.
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.