<< >> NASA ASRS Report 441858, July 1999

At departure time the captain noted no extra fuel boarded for an open deferred item requirement. Deferred item was missing from the maintenance release and the dispatch release.

Attributes
ACN	441858
Time
Date	199907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	441858
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

The captain of flight xyz contacted dispatch at departure time requesting information about MEL fuel for MEL xx-yy. The logbook did not reflect MEL xx-yy as open MEL item. Captain replied it had been open MEL item for 2 previous flight legs. Dispatch contacted technician and confirmed the item was still on placard. The release and logbook showed no open MEL's. Dispatch is requesting information on how open MEL items requiring dispatch action can be omitted from release and logbook.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT DEP TIME THE CAPT NOTED NO EXTRA FUEL BOARDED FOR AN OPEN DEFERRED ITEM REQUIREMENT. DEFERRED ITEM WAS MISSING FROM THE MAINT RELEASE AND THE DISPATCH RELEASE.

Narrative: THE CAPT OF FLT XYZ CONTACTED DISPATCH AT DEP TIME REQUESTING INFO ABOUT MEL FUEL FOR MEL XX-YY. THE LOGBOOK DID NOT REFLECT MEL XX-YY AS OPEN MEL ITEM. CAPT REPLIED IT HAD BEEN OPEN MEL ITEM FOR 2 PREVIOUS FLT LEGS. DISPATCH CONTACTED TECHNICIAN AND CONFIRMED THE ITEM WAS STILL ON PLACARD. THE RELEASE AND LOGBOOK SHOWED NO OPEN MEL'S. DISPATCH IS REQUESTING INFO ON HOW OPEN MEL ITEMS REQUIRING DISPATCH ACTION CAN BE OMITTED FROM RELEASE AND LOGBOOK.

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.