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B757-200 crew was ordered to fly the aircraft with both FMC's being faulty, in non compliance with the MEL's.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579118 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : san.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 579118 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
FMC database determined to be faulty and duty manager directed crew to depart using VOR's only. When questioned, (twice) that maintenance approved. Maintenance was called and stated they talked to duty manager and never approved leaving with both FMC's inoperative and that they were highly pressured by duty manager. Aircraft departed with MEL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 CREW WAS ORDERED TO FLY THE ACFT WITH BOTH FMC'S BEING FAULTY, IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEL'S.
Narrative: FMC DATABASE DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY AND DUTY MGR DIRECTED CREW TO DEPART USING VOR'S ONLY. WHEN QUESTIONED, (TWICE) THAT MAINT APPROVED. MAINT WAS CALLED AND STATED THEY TALKED TO DUTY MGR AND NEVER APPROVED LEAVING WITH BOTH FMC'S INOP AND THAT THEY WERE HIGHLY PRESSURED BY DUTY MGR. ACFT DEPARTED WITH MEL.
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.