An airbus 320 was dispatched with the cargo nesting system inoperative and was improperly deferred.

Attributes
ACN	385851
Time
Date	199711
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	385851
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 other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier A320 aircraft arrived at ZZZ with the hydraulic cargo door opening/closing system deferred. 10 mins prior to departure ramp service reported the nesting system not working. This was due to the cargo door system not being fully sequenced and not powering the pits. I did the paperwork and phone calls to defer the nesting system and asked the person I was training to pull the circuit breakers in the cabin. After the plane departed and we were discussing what had happened my trainee said he hadn't pulled the circuit breakers cause he wanted to watch me do the paperwork so he could learn to do it. The nesting system was manually locked extended and there was no chance of the system moving. The airplane had been flying in this condition and the trip from ZZZ was the first time the nesting system was used. This happened just before shift change and I suspect that perhaps the circuit breakers may not need to be pulled given the condition causing the problem. This situation was caused by the well meaning new guy, the psi of being 10 mins to departure, and my failure to verify the new guy did as asked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 320 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE CARGO NESTING SYS INOP AND WAS IMPROPERLY DEFERRED.

Narrative: ACR A320 ACFT ARRIVED AT ZZZ WITH THE HYD CARGO DOOR OPENING/CLOSING SYS DEFERRED. 10 MINS PRIOR TO DEP RAMP SVC RPTED THE NESTING SYS NOT WORKING. THIS WAS DUE TO THE CARGO DOOR SYS NOT BEING FULLY SEQUENCED AND NOT POWERING THE PITS. I DID THE PAPERWORK AND PHONE CALLS TO DEFER THE NESTING SYS AND ASKED THE PERSON I WAS TRAINING TO PULL THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN THE CABIN. AFTER THE PLANE DEPARTED AND WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT HAD HAPPENED MY TRAINEE SAID HE HADN'T PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS CAUSE HE WANTED TO WATCH ME DO THE PAPERWORK SO HE COULD LEARN TO DO IT. THE NESTING SYS WAS MANUALLY LOCKED EXTENDED AND THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF THE SYS MOVING. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AND THE TRIP FROM ZZZ WAS THE FIRST TIME THE NESTING SYS WAS USED. THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SHIFT CHANGE AND I SUSPECT THAT PERHAPS THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS MAY NOT NEED TO BE PULLED GIVEN THE CONDITION CAUSING THE PROB. THIS SIT WAS CAUSED BY THE WELL MEANING NEW GUY, THE PSI OF BEING 10 MINS TO DEP, AND MY FAILURE TO VERIFY THE NEW GUY DID AS ASKED.

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.