Air carrier md-80 departure airport improperly dispatched with MEL requirements not satisfied.

Attributes
ACN	297121
Time
Date	199502
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 213 flight time total : 22882 flight time type : 3400
ASRS Report	297121
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Flight stl-sea feb/xx/95. Aircraft maintenance had deferred flight crew call system. First officer and I checked MEL 23-15 and everything looked ok. Company later determined it was not legal to dispatch.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MD-80 DEP ARPT IMPROPERLY DISPATCHED WITH MEL REQUIREMENTS NOT SATISFIED.

Narrative: FLT STL-SEA FEB/XX/95. ACFT MAINT HAD DEFERRED FLC CALL SYS. FO AND I CHKED MEL 23-15 AND EVERYTHING LOOKED OK. COMPANY LATER DETERMINED IT WAS NOT LEGAL TO DISPATCH.

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.