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Captain of an airbus A320 found that maintenance had made a mistake in recording the seat number deferred in the aircraft maintenance logbook for a missing life vest.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467000 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : geg.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : slc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12700 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 467000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
The airplane we were to fly arrived in geg from msp. The flight attendant logbook had a write-up that the life vest was missing from xa seat in row xa. I called maintenance control and they called a contract maintenance person who MEL'ed the seat and signed off the logbook. He signed off the seat xa was inoperative and was to put tape that said 'inoperative -- do not use' on the seat. He gave me the logbook back immediately before pushback. Once in-flight, I learned that a passenger was sitting in xa during boarding, so the mechanic put the tape on seat xb (an empty seat) and took the life vest from xb and moved it to xa. The problem is now the logbook does not match the inoperative seat. When we got to msp a new life vest was installed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN AIRBUS A320 FOUND THAT MAINT HAD MADE A MISTAKE IN RECORDING THE SEAT NUMBER DEFERRED IN THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK FOR A MISSING LIFE VEST.
Narrative: THE AIRPLANE WE WERE TO FLY ARRIVED IN GEG FROM MSP. THE FLT ATTENDANT LOGBOOK HAD A WRITE-UP THAT THE LIFE VEST WAS MISSING FROM XA SEAT IN ROW XA. I CALLED MAINT CTL AND THEY CALLED A CONTRACT MAINT PERSON WHO MEL'ED THE SEAT AND SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK. HE SIGNED OFF THE SEAT XA WAS INOP AND WAS TO PUT TAPE THAT SAID 'INOP -- DO NOT USE' ON THE SEAT. HE GAVE ME THE LOGBOOK BACK IMMEDIATELY BEFORE PUSHBACK. ONCE INFLT, I LEARNED THAT A PAX WAS SITTING IN XA DURING BOARDING, SO THE MECH PUT THE TAPE ON SEAT XB (AN EMPTY SEAT) AND TOOK THE LIFE VEST FROM XB AND MOVED IT TO XA. THE PROB IS NOW THE LOGBOOK DOES NOT MATCH THE INOP SEAT. WHEN WE GOT TO MSP A NEW LIFE VEST WAS INSTALLED.
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.