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A B737-300 captain reports being dispatched with an open logbook item. The item was deferred per the MEL prior to dispatch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 640946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200412 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 640946 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 640933 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flight management display other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Logbook stated accomplished engineering order to upgrade VMC's to 10.5. It was signed off as accomplished successfully. We discovered that it could not have been successfully completed because it did not work. There was no aircraft performance or engine performance in the system. Maintenance control was informed and they issued an MEL saying that the FMC's would be considered inoperative. We do have a procedure to fly the aircraft with FMC's inoperative and we flew the aircraft to ZZZC using these procedures. I have had other occasions where maintenance control has given me bogus MEL's to move an airplane rather than spend the time to fix the aircraft or look up the correct MEL for the situation. In some cases, the MEL was not applicable to what was really wrong with the aircraft and had to be redone to cover the broken equipment. I see this as a growing problem at our air carrier. My supervisor has been notified and he has assured me this is not the case, but I continue to see this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 CAPT RPTS BEING DISPATCHED WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM. THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED PER THE MEL PRIOR TO DISPATCH.
Narrative: LOGBOOK STATED ACCOMPLISHED ENGINEERING ORDER TO UPGRADE VMC'S TO 10.5. IT WAS SIGNED OFF AS ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFULLY. WE DISCOVERED THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BECAUSE IT DID NOT WORK. THERE WAS NO ACFT PERFORMANCE OR ENG PERFORMANCE IN THE SYS. MAINT CTL WAS INFORMED AND THEY ISSUED AN MEL SAYING THAT THE FMC'S WOULD BE CONSIDERED INOP. WE DO HAVE A PROC TO FLY THE ACFT WITH FMC'S INOP AND WE FLEW THE ACFT TO ZZZC USING THESE PROCS. I HAVE HAD OTHER OCCASIONS WHERE MAINT CTL HAS GIVEN ME BOGUS MEL'S TO MOVE AN AIRPLANE RATHER THAN SPEND THE TIME TO FIX THE ACFT OR LOOK UP THE CORRECT MEL FOR THE SIT. IN SOME CASES, THE MEL WAS NOT APPLICABLE TO WHAT WAS REALLY WRONG WITH THE ACFT AND HAD TO BE REDONE TO COVER THE BROKEN EQUIP. I SEE THIS AS A GROWING PROB AT OUR ACR. MY SUPVR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND HE HAS ASSURED ME THIS IS NOT THE CASE, BUT I CONTINUE TO SEE THIS.
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.