An airbus 320 was dispatched in non compliance with open unanswered log reports, all 'no go' items.

Attributes
ACN	442323
Time
Date	199907
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ama.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	442323
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	442703
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : non availability of parts performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Flight xyz jul/xa/99 scheduled to operate msy to sfo diverted to ama to offload a sick passenger. The crew advised me they would be overweight by 11.4 pounds and 2 oxygen bottles were used. I called our sam controller to advise him of the overweight landing and the oxygen bottles used. I notified our manager on duty, as well as our operations control that an inspection is going to be required. After talking with the crew on the ground in ama, the captain advised me his first officer was on the phone with maintenance discussing the overweight landing and he was going to talk to maintenance about servicing the oxygen bottles. It sounded to me that the crew was going to have these matters tended to before they left ama. The crew took off ama without 2 masks on the air bottles. I was never advised the medical kit was used and our maintenance controller determined an overweight landing inspection was not required. The crew did not get sam approval to depart with these open log items.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 320 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN UNANSWERED LOG RPTS, ALL 'NO GO' ITEMS.

Narrative: FLT XYZ JUL/XA/99 SCHEDULED TO OPERATE MSY TO SFO DIVERTED TO AMA TO OFFLOAD A SICK PAX. THE CREW ADVISED ME THEY WOULD BE OVERWT BY 11.4 LBS AND 2 OXYGEN BOTTLES WERE USED. I CALLED OUR SAM CTLR TO ADVISE HIM OF THE OVERWT LNDG AND THE OXYGEN BOTTLES USED. I NOTIFIED OUR MGR ON DUTY, AS WELL AS OUR OPS CTL THAT AN INSPECTION IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED. AFTER TALKING WITH THE CREW ON THE GND IN AMA, THE CAPT ADVISED ME HIS FO WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MAINT DISCUSSING THE OVERWT LNDG AND HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO MAINT ABOUT SVCING THE OXYGEN BOTTLES. IT SOUNDED TO ME THAT THE CREW WAS GOING TO HAVE THESE MATTERS TENDED TO BEFORE THEY LEFT AMA. THE CREW TOOK OFF AMA WITHOUT 2 MASKS ON THE AIR BOTTLES. I WAS NEVER ADVISED THE MEDICAL KIT WAS USED AND OUR MAINT CTLR DETERMINED AN OVERWT LNDG INSPECTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE CREW DID NOT GET SAM APPROVAL TO DEPART WITH THESE OPEN LOG ITEMS.

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.