<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1686490, September 2019

B767 captain reported possibly completing MEL process paperwork incorrectly across different platforms.

Attributes
ACN	1686490
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

Narrative:

Upon arriving at the airplane we were told by maintenance that the backlight for the rudder trim indicator was inoperative. Maintenance proceeded to troubleshoot and chose to MEL the backlight. Maintenance completed the MEL process and I wrote the MEL as well as our dispatcher's time and initials on the master flightplan but I do not recall if I wrote the same information on the station flightplan. Out of an abundance of caution I decided to file a [report] in the event that I did not properly annotate the station copy.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain reported possibly completing MEL process paperwork incorrectly across different platforms.

Narrative: Upon arriving at the airplane we were told by Maintenance that the backlight for the Rudder Trim Indicator was inoperative. Maintenance proceeded to troubleshoot and chose to MEL the backlight. Maintenance completed the MEL process and I wrote the MEL as well as our Dispatcher's time and initials on the Master Flightplan but I do not recall if I wrote the same information on the Station Flightplan. Out of an abundance of caution I decided to file a [report] in the event that I did not properly annotate the Station Copy.

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.