Air carrier light transport departed with improper maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	96831
Time
Date	198810
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2600
ASRS Report	96831
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Airplane entered gate broken, several items were repaired. One item, the hydraulic reservoir was deferred by maintenance. I returned to operations to get an amendment and returned to the airplane. All of the passengers had already boarded so I rushed on board. I looked up the dmi in our MEL and quickly read it. I overlooked the fact that maintenance had deferred the hydraulic pressure gauge and not the reservoir which could not be deferred. We were supposed to have the gauge fixed before we departed. It is important not to rush.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LTT DEPARTED WITH IMPROPER MAINTENANCE.

Narrative: AIRPLANE ENTERED GATE BROKEN, SEVERAL ITEMS WERE REPAIRED. ONE ITEM, THE HYD RESERVOIR WAS DEFERRED BY MAINT. I RETURNED TO OPS TO GET AN AMENDMENT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPLANE. ALL OF THE PAXS HAD ALREADY BOARDED SO I RUSHED ON BOARD. I LOOKED UP THE DMI IN OUR MEL AND QUICKLY READ IT. I OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT MAINT HAD DEFERRED THE HYD PRESSURE GAUGE AND NOT THE RESERVOIR WHICH COULD NOT BE DEFERRED. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE GAUGE FIXED BEFORE WE DEPARTED. IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO RUSH.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.