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Aci maintenance inspector discovers MEL procedures improper on aircraft. Aircraft maintenance discrepancy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 297696 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199502 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| 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 : 16000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 297696 |
| 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 : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On a routine flight from pdx to sea an FAA maintenance inspector was on board administering a line check. Upon arrival at sea, after sunset, the flare lights on the dehaviland dash-8 would not turn off. After parking, further investigation of the MEL revealed that the approach lights had been MEL'ed incorrectly. The aircraft was grounded and subsequently ferried to our maintenance base.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACI MAINT INSPECTOR DISCOVERS MEL PROCS IMPROPER ON ACFT. ACFT MAINT DISCREPANCY.
Narrative: ON A ROUTINE FLT FROM PDX TO SEA AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR WAS ON BOARD ADMINISTERING A LINE CHK. UPON ARR AT SEA, AFTER SUNSET, THE FLARE LIGHTS ON THE DEHAVILAND DASH-8 WOULD NOT TURN OFF. AFTER PARKING, FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE MEL REVEALED THAT THE APCH LIGHTS HAD BEEN MEL'ED INCORRECTLY. THE ACFT WAS GNDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY FERRIED TO OUR MAINT BASE.
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.