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A B757-200 was dispatched in non compliance with a flight attendant handset at door 2L deferred in conflict with the MEL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483737 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 483737 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : non availability of parts contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : fault isolation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After personally talking to company vp for flight operations and for maintenance was surprised (hardly) to find aircraft with 5 mco's (maintenance carry-overs)/cdl (confign deviation list). (They said after 4, they grounded aircraft.) in fact, wrong handset 2L vice 3L was written up, which made aircraft illegal for dispatch if 2L handset was in fact broken. Also, after receiving letter from vp flight operations telling us how we need to save fuel, how can they justify not fixing the 2 cdl items that together cause an extra 2.8% fuel burn?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A FLT ATTENDANT HANDSET AT DOOR 2L DEFERRED IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL.
Narrative: AFTER PERSONALLY TALKING TO COMPANY VP FOR FLT OPS AND FOR MAINT WAS SURPRISED (HARDLY) TO FIND ACFT WITH 5 MCO'S (MAINT CARRY-OVERS)/CDL (CONFIGN DEV LIST). (THEY SAID AFTER 4, THEY GNDED ACFT.) IN FACT, WRONG HANDSET 2L VICE 3L WAS WRITTEN UP, WHICH MADE ACFT ILLEGAL FOR DISPATCH IF 2L HANDSET WAS IN FACT BROKEN. ALSO, AFTER RECEIVING LETTER FROM VP FLT OPS TELLING US HOW WE NEED TO SAVE FUEL, HOW CAN THEY JUSTIFY NOT FIXING THE 2 CDL ITEMS THAT TOGETHER CAUSE AN EXTRA 2.8% FUEL BURN?
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.