B747 crew had improperly deferred multiple MEL item.

Attributes
ACN	446998
Time
Date	199908
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl.airport
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 450
ASRS Report	446998
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Maintenance release had #3 fueling gauge and #3 forward boost pump inoperative. Upon arrival hnl, so went in to clarify the fuel gauge as being inaccurate. Maintenance said the write-up and deferral were in error and that aircraft could not be dispatched with fuel gauge and boost pump inoperative in same tank. The confusion was whether or not it was the fuel gauge inoperative or the #3 cockpit gauge.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 CREW HAD IMPROPERLY DEFERRED MULTIPLE MEL ITEM.

Narrative: MAINT RELEASE HAD #3 FUELING GAUGE AND #3 FORWARD BOOST PUMP INOP. UPON ARR HNL, SO WENT IN TO CLARIFY THE FUEL GAUGE AS BEING INACCURATE. MAINT SAID THE WRITE-UP AND DEFERRAL WERE IN ERROR AND THAT ACFT COULD NOT BE DISPATCHED WITH FUEL GAUGE AND BOOST PUMP INOP IN SAME TANK. THE CONFUSION WAS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS THE FUEL GAUGE INOP OR THE #3 COCKPIT GAUGE.

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.