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Aci questions air carrier flight crew on compliance with minimum equipment list requirements.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 160763 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199010 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tul |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 160763 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight from tul-dfw. FAA air carrier inspector in jump seat. APU placarded inoperative. Inspector felt MEL requirements pertaining to APU had not been satisfied; i.e., no maintenance entry in E6 stating CSD's oil level checked and no crew entry stating a.C. X-tie checked. I assumed dfw maintenance had checked CSD's when they placarded APU the previous leg. MEL does not say that log entries be made after CSD and x-tie checks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACI QUESTIONS ACR FLT CREW ON COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST REQUIREMENTS.
Narrative: ACR FLT FROM TUL-DFW. FAA ACR INSPECTOR IN JUMP SEAT. APU PLACARDED INOP. INSPECTOR FELT MEL REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO APU HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED; I.E., NO MAINT ENTRY IN E6 STATING CSD'S OIL LEVEL CHKED AND NO CREW ENTRY STATING A.C. X-TIE CHKED. I ASSUMED DFW MAINT HAD CHKED CSD'S WHEN THEY PLACARDED APU THE PREVIOUS LEG. MEL DOES NOT SAY THAT LOG ENTRIES BE MADE AFTER CSD AND X-TIE CHKS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.