<< >> NASA ASRS Report 621487, June 2004

An airbus 319 was dispatched in non compliance with elac #1 inoperative, but the deferred item entered was for the elac fault light inoperative.

Attributes
ACN	621487
Time
Date	200406
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi ground : parked ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : lead technician
Qualification	technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance lead technician : 4 maintenance technician : 18
ASRS Report	621487
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : elac fault light other flight crewa other flight crewb
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 : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Pilot called in that elac #1 fault light on, 20 mins before departure. I sent avionics mechanic out to aircraft. He called back that he could not fix the elac, so I wrote up the problem and started to defer. When I went through the MEL list, I saw MEL 27540 and the title was elac fault light. Subtitle was 'fault' light on elac push button switch, but after the aircraft left we found out that was for light being out, not the elac inoperative, and should have been MEL 27530 title elevator aileron computers elac.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 319 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH ELAC #1 INOP, BUT THE DEFERRED ITEM ENTERED WAS FOR THE ELAC FAULT LIGHT INOP.

Narrative: PLT CALLED IN THAT ELAC #1 FAULT LIGHT ON, 20 MINS BEFORE DEP. I SENT AVIONICS MECH OUT TO ACFT. HE CALLED BACK THAT HE COULD NOT FIX THE ELAC, SO I WROTE UP THE PROB AND STARTED TO DEFER. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE MEL LIST, I SAW MEL 27540 AND THE TITLE WAS ELAC FAULT LIGHT. SUBTITLE WAS 'FAULT' LIGHT ON ELAC PUSH BUTTON SWITCH, BUT AFTER THE ACFT LEFT WE FOUND OUT THAT WAS FOR LIGHT BEING OUT, NOT THE ELAC INOP, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEL 27530 TITLE ELEVATOR AILERON COMPUTERS ELAC.

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.