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A B727-200 was dispatched in non compliance with a forward cargo compartment door stop removed but not deferred per the MEL requirement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 466799 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 31 |
| ASRS Report | 466799 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST |
Narrative:
Called to aircraft at departure time for forward cargo door not closing. After trying to fully close door and inspecting, found top center stop fitting loose, fitting was being caught when door was going closed. I removed stop fitting and signed off logbook being as we were on a delay. Not until the next day did I find out that the fitting should have been deferred. I called my maintenance coordinator and had a maintenance set up installed to replace the missing stop. In doing my delay report I found that there had been previous problems with the same fitting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR STOP REMOVED BUT NOT DEFERRED PER THE MEL REQUIREMENT.
Narrative: CALLED TO ACFT AT DEP TIME FOR FORWARD CARGO DOOR NOT CLOSING. AFTER TRYING TO FULLY CLOSE DOOR AND INSPECTING, FOUND TOP CTR STOP FITTING LOOSE, FITTING WAS BEING CAUGHT WHEN DOOR WAS GOING CLOSED. I REMOVED STOP FITTING AND SIGNED OFF LOGBOOK BEING AS WE WERE ON A DELAY. NOT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY DID I FIND OUT THAT THE FITTING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEFERRED. I CALLED MY MAINT COORDINATOR AND HAD A MAINT SET UP INSTALLED TO REPLACE THE MISSING STOP. IN DOING MY DELAY RPT I FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS PROBS WITH THE SAME FITTING.
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.