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An MD88 was dispatched in non compliance with a corrected deferred item but the corrected item now required a 3 day fix limit that had expired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 604475 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Day | Sun |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant technician : fcc |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 24 maintenance technician : 24 |
| ASRS Report | 604475 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cockpit door alert other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On the morning of jan/mon/04, I was called out to aircraft X by the flight crew with a question concerning a mco item that was onboard the aircraft. The mco was for the cockpit remote access door, aural tone. The crew informed me that the flight deck access panel (keypad) aural tone (beep) operated normally (MEL 52-00-11D), and that the flight deck door control son alert was inoperative (MEL 52-00-11H). So I called our maintenance coordinator with the problem and I was told to clear the original mco and install a new mco for the problem. The problem is that the original mco was a repair category B and the new mco is a repair category a. After the aircraft was dispatched, the maintenance coordinator called and informed me that the MEL was wrong on the original mco and that the date of the new category a MEL would have expired at XA00 on jan/sun/04 because the date was retroactive to the original date the item was placed on mco with the wrong MEL. The outstanding maintenance items list did not indicate expiration or category (a) for the MEL on the original son alert mco.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD88 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A CORRECTED DEFERRED ITEM BUT THE CORRECTED ITEM NOW REQUIRED A 3 DAY FIX LIMIT THAT HAD EXPIRED.
Narrative: ON THE MORNING OF JAN/MON/04, I WAS CALLED OUT TO ACFT X BY THE FLT CREW WITH A QUESTION CONCERNING A MCO ITEM THAT WAS ONBOARD THE ACFT. THE MCO WAS FOR THE COCKPIT REMOTE ACCESS DOOR, AURAL TONE. THE CREW INFORMED ME THAT THE FLT DECK ACCESS PANEL (KEYPAD) AURAL TONE (BEEP) OPERATED NORMALLY (MEL 52-00-11D), AND THAT THE FLT DECK DOOR CTL SON ALERT WAS INOP (MEL 52-00-11H). SO I CALLED OUR MAINT COORDINATOR WITH THE PROB AND I WAS TOLD TO CLR THE ORIGINAL MCO AND INSTALL A NEW MCO FOR THE PROB. THE PROB IS THAT THE ORIGINAL MCO WAS A REPAIR CATEGORY B AND THE NEW MCO IS A REPAIR CATEGORY A. AFTER THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED, THE MAINT COORDINATOR CALLED AND INFORMED ME THAT THE MEL WAS WRONG ON THE ORIGINAL MCO AND THAT THE DATE OF THE NEW CATEGORY A MEL WOULD HAVE EXPIRED AT XA00 ON JAN/SUN/04 BECAUSE THE DATE WAS RETROACTIVE TO THE ORIGINAL DATE THE ITEM WAS PLACED ON MCO WITH THE WRONG MEL. THE OUTSTANDING MAINT ITEMS LIST DID NOT INDICATE EXPIRATION OR CATEGORY (A) FOR THE MEL ON THE ORIGINAL SON ALERT MCO.
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.