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A carrier's B757-200 MEL deferral requiring a maintenance procedure to be accomplished prior to the first flight of the day was not accomplished by the contract maintenance mechanic; who decided the MEL requirement was not applicable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 764897 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 764897 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : briefing contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft had arrived this morning with several MEL's. MEL 26-20 had two placards installed on the log cover. The follow-up procedure under this MEL states that 'if aircraft is at a maintenance base or ron'ed...prior to the first flight of each day...perform the following steps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CARRIER'S B757-200 MEL DEFERRAL REQUIRING A MAINT PROCEDURE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CONTRACT MAINT MECHANIC; WHO DECIDED THE MEL REQUIREMENT WAS NOT APPLICABLE.
Narrative: ACFT HAD ARRIVED THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL MEL'S. MEL 26-20 HAD TWO PLACARDS INSTALLED ON THE LOG COVER. THE FOLLOW-UP PROC UNDER THIS MEL STATES THAT 'IF ACFT IS AT A MAINT BASE OR RON'ED...PRIOR TO THE FIRST FLT OF EACH DAY...PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.