BE02 crew conducts flight without required MEL item documentation at ZZZ.

Attributes
ACN	425079
Time
Date	199901
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	425079
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	425080
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Commuter airline, prior to first flight of the day, TCASII instrument was inoperative and was previously documented as an open MEL 'C' item, allowing 10 days for repair. Flight was conducted on the 11TH day following initial write-up, without documentation in the onboard aircraft maintenance discrepancy log. Company maintenance control advised captain that prior to end of 10TH day, an 'escalation' of 3 days beyond initial 10 days, was granted by the FAA, but documentation was not recorded in the onboard aircraft maintenance discrepancy log.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE02 CREW CONDUCTS FLT WITHOUT REQUIRED MEL ITEM DOCUMENTATION AT ZZZ.

Narrative: COMMUTER AIRLINE, PRIOR TO FIRST FLT OF THE DAY, TCASII INST WAS INOP AND WAS PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED AS AN OPEN MEL 'C' ITEM, ALLOWING 10 DAYS FOR REPAIR. FLT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 11TH DAY FOLLOWING INITIAL WRITE-UP, WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION IN THE ONBOARD ACFT MAINT DISCREPANCY LOG. COMPANY MAINT CTL ADVISED CAPT THAT PRIOR TO END OF 10TH DAY, AN 'ESCALATION' OF 3 DAYS BEYOND INITIAL 10 DAYS, WAS GRANTED BY THE FAA, BUT DOCUMENTATION WAS NOT RECORDED IN THE ONBOARD ACFT MAINT DISCREPANCY LOG.

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.