An A320 captain experienced a runaway electric seat which had been written up the night before and d...

Narrative:

Accepted aircraft with two new MEL's; both for the captain's electric seat controls; which I had written up the evening before. Although the MEL does not address deactivating the electrical power to the seat I assumed it had to have been done. During departure; the captain's seat experienced a full runaway. I found and pulled the circuit breaker for the captain's seat and continued on with our trip. I contacted maintenance control and they informed me that disconnecting power from the seat is not in their procedure. Well obviously it should be. MEL lacking the basic intentions of safety of flight. Re-write the MEL immediately. This could have easily caused a dangerous situation under adverse conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Captain experienced a runaway electric seat which had been written up the night before and deferred. The reporter stated the MEL apparently does not call for deactivating electrical power to the seat.

Narrative: Accepted aircraft with two new MEL's; both for the Captain's electric seat controls; which I had written up the evening before. Although the MEL does not address deactivating the electrical power to the seat I assumed it had to have been done. During departure; the Captain's seat experienced a full runaway. I found and pulled the circuit breaker for the Captain's seat and continued on with our trip. I contacted Maintenance Control and they informed me that disconnecting power from the seat is not in their procedure. Well obviously it should be. MEL lacking the basic intentions of safety of flight. Re-write the MEL immediately. This could have easily caused a dangerous situation under adverse conditions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	837524
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pilot Seat
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An A320 captain experienced a runaway electric seat which had been written up the night before and deferred. The reporter stated the MEL apparently does not call for deactivating electrical power to the seat.