An air carrier mechanic placarded an MEL item with incorrect number, and discovered, after-the-fact.

Attributes
ACN	297073
Time
Date	199502
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	297073
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On feb/fri/95, I received a call from airport terminal maintenance. Aircraft inbound was experiencing problems with captain's side, mach indicator. Problem: captain's mach and vmo flags show intermittent, in flight. Placarded under MEL number and control number. The problem was placarded under wrong MEL, should have been another MEL number, which was a legal placard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MECH PLACARDED AN MEL ITEM WITH INCORRECT NUMBER, AND DISCOVERED, AFTER-THE-FACT.

Narrative: ON FEB/FRI/95, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ARPT TERMINAL MAINT. ACFT INBOUND WAS EXPERIENCING PROBS WITH CAPT'S SIDE, MACH INDICATOR. PROB: CAPT'S MACH AND VMO FLAGS SHOW INTERMITTENT, IN FLT. PLACARDED UNDER MEL NUMBER AND CTL NUMBER. THE PROB WAS PLACARDED UNDER WRONG MEL, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER MEL NUMBER, WHICH WAS A LEGAL PLACARD.

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.