Two back to back flight crews reported a spoiler deferral on their common md-82 had been managed inc...

Attributes
ACN	1196941
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Spoiler System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL

Narrative:

Our aircraft had an open MEL item rendering the auto spoilers inoperative. The captain called maintenance control to ensure that the item was correctly deferred and that all required maintenance items were performed. Maintenance personnel came to the aircraft; evaluated the MEL item; and indicated that the deferral was properly completed. A normal flight was made to destination. Upon [the aircraft's] return flight the flight crew discovered that the flight spoilers did not work as air-brakes. After the flight landed my captain discussed the situation with a flight manager and they determined that the MEL maintenance item was not properly performed. The captain called me and made me aware of the situation the next morning.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two back to back flight crews reported a spoiler deferral on their common MD-82 had been managed incorrectly and all spoiler functions were inoperative as opposed to only auto-spoilers as advised in the AML.

Narrative: Our aircraft had an open MEL item rendering the auto spoilers inoperative. The Captain called Maintenance Control to ensure that the item was correctly deferred and that all required maintenance items were performed. Maintenance personnel came to the aircraft; evaluated the MEL item; and indicated that the deferral was properly completed. A normal flight was made to destination. Upon [the aircraft's] return flight the flight crew discovered that the flight spoilers did not work as air-brakes. After the flight landed my Captain discussed the situation with a Flight Manager and they determined that the MEL maintenance item was not properly performed. The Captain called me and made me aware of the situation the next morning.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Two back to back flight crews reported a spoiler deferral on their common md-82 had been managed incorrectly and all spoiler functions were inoperative as opposed to only auto-spoilers as advised in the aml.