Error of maintenance in not advising of MEL placard which restricts flight.

Attributes
ACN	237430
Time
Date	199303
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	237430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Maintenance control did not advise flight dispatcher on duty for adding a placard (MEL) which restr portion of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ERROR OF MAINT IN NOT ADVISING OF MEL PLACARD WHICH RESTRICTS FLT.

Narrative: MAINT CTL DID NOT ADVISE FLT DISPATCHER ON DUTY FOR ADDING A PLACARD (MEL) WHICH RESTR PORTION OF THE FLT.

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.