Narrative:

Aircraft came in with recurrence of malfunction that had delayed it out of las -- a popped navigation light circuit breaker. Autoplt was also on maintenance carry-over. Scheduled to fly cvg-syr. Since popped circuit breaker was a no-go item and we were faced with extension of scheduled 10+30 duty day, a minimum rest, followed by a 2 hour 25 min block flight to atl next morning possibly on same aircraft, requested and then refused aircraft unless autoplt would be troubleshot/fixed. Maintenance found charred wires near one navigation light bulb and a bad control head on autoplt. Both repaired and flight left 2 hours 30 mins late mostly due to decision by maintenance control to pull mechanics fixing our aircraft until after all other aircraft had pushed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 RPTS LACK OF ADEQUATE MAINT ON NO-GO ITEMS AND SYS AFFECTING CREW WITH LONG DUTY HRS.

Narrative: ACFT CAME IN WITH RECURRENCE OF MALFUNCTION THAT HAD DELAYED IT OUT OF LAS -- A POPPED NAV LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER. AUTOPLT WAS ALSO ON MAINT CARRY-OVER. SCHEDULED TO FLY CVG-SYR. SINCE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS A NO-GO ITEM AND WE WERE FACED WITH EXTENSION OF SCHEDULED 10+30 DUTY DAY, A MINIMUM REST, FOLLOWED BY A 2 HR 25 MIN BLOCK FLT TO ATL NEXT MORNING POSSIBLY ON SAME ACFT, REQUESTED AND THEN REFUSED ACFT UNLESS AUTOPLT WOULD BE TROUBLESHOT/FIXED. MAINT FOUND CHARRED WIRES NEAR ONE NAV LIGHT BULB AND A BAD CTL HEAD ON AUTOPLT. BOTH REPAIRED AND FLT LEFT 2 HRS 30 MINS LATE MOSTLY DUE TO DECISION BY MAINT CTL TO PULL MECHS FIXING OUR ACFT UNTIL AFTER ALL OTHER ACFT HAD PUSHED.

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.