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A B767 flight crew aborted takeoff on a ferry flight after noticing an 'unscheduled stabilizer trim' caution message. Crew realized maintenance had assigned unauthorized MEL item to previous stabilizer write-up to release aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 772809 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 772809 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aborted takeoff due to 'unscheduled stabilizer trim' caution message. Returned to gate. After reviewing MEL discovered that there is no MEL relief for 'unscheduled stabilizer trim' caution message. Discovered that maintenance applied MEL relief by assigning unauthorized MEL item to aircraft. Maintenance subsequently took aircraft off flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 FLIGHT CREW ABORTED TKOF ON A FERRY FLIGHT AFTER NOTICING AN 'UNSCHEDULED STAB TRIM' CAUTION MESSAGE. CREW REALIZED MAINT HAD ASSIGNED UNAUTHORIZED MEL ITEM TO PREVIOUS STAB WRITE-UP TO RELEASE ACFT.
Narrative: ABORTED TKOF DUE TO 'UNSCHEDULED STABILIZER TRIM' CAUTION MESSAGE. RETURNED TO GATE. AFTER REVIEWING MEL DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS NO MEL RELIEF FOR 'UNSCHEDULED STABILIZER TRIM' CAUTION MESSAGE. DISCOVERED THAT MAINT APPLIED MEL RELIEF BY ASSIGNING UNAUTH MEL ITEM TO ACFT. MAINT SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK ACFT OFF FLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.