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A B737-300 was dispatched in non compliance with the forward cabin attendant's jumpseat rendered inoperative in conflict with the MEL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 589386 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200307 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 14 |
| ASRS Report | 589386 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I inoperative'ed and deferred forward flight attendant seat per MEL 2521D. That MEL the way it is written mislead me to believe it was correct to inoperative that seat. After the plane left ZZZ, it was informed from maintenance controller it was on illegal deferral. I obtained authority/authorized from maintenance controller and informed the first flight attendant and flight crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORWARD CABIN ATTENDANT'S JUMPSEAT RENDERED INOP IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL.
Narrative: I INOP'ED AND DEFERRED FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT SEAT PER MEL 2521D. THAT MEL THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN MISLEAD ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS CORRECT TO INOP THAT SEAT. AFTER THE PLANE LEFT ZZZ, IT WAS INFORMED FROM MAINT CTLR IT WAS ON ILLEGAL DEFERRAL. I OBTAINED AUTH FROM MAINT CTLR AND INFORMED THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT AND FLT CREW.
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.