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A B757 flight crew belatedly corrects an error in the logbook related to a deferred rudder ratio light found after departure from ZZZ, us.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 530268 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
At the gate in ZZZ found that maintenance wrote up rudder ratio message on EICAS during overnight. Referred MEL and discovered that maintenance had not performed a preflight check to dispatch flight. Called maintenance and they did the check. En route we got thinking about the write-up compared to the actual fault. Maintenance deferred the item as per MEL 27-07 which really defers the rudder ratio light on the overhead panel, not EICAS. We notified ZZZ2 maintenance to correct the suspected error. Captain later called maintenance to see if we read logbook/MEL correctly. ZZZ3 said we were correct, that the deferral via 27-07 was wrong.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLC BELATEDLY CORRECTS AN ERROR IN THE LOGBOOK RELATED TO A DEFERRED RUDDER RATIO LIGHT FOUND AFTER DEP FROM ZZZ, US.
Narrative: AT THE GATE IN ZZZ FOUND THAT MAINT WROTE UP RUDDER RATIO MESSAGE ON EICAS DURING OVERNIGHT. REFERRED MEL AND DISCOVERED THAT MAINT HAD NOT PERFORMED A PREFLT CHK TO DISPATCH FLT. CALLED MAINT AND THEY DID THE CHK. ENRTE WE GOT THINKING ABOUT THE WRITE-UP COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL FAULT. MAINT DEFERRED THE ITEM AS PER MEL 27-07 WHICH REALLY DEFERS THE RUDDER RATIO LIGHT ON THE OVERHEAD PANEL, NOT EICAS. WE NOTIFIED ZZZ2 MAINT TO CORRECT THE SUSPECTED ERROR. CAPT LATER CALLED MAINT TO SEE IF WE READ LOGBOOK/MEL CORRECTLY. ZZZ3 SAID WE WERE CORRECT, THAT THE DEFERRAL VIA 27-07 WAS WRONG.
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.