An air carrier flight may have been dispatched with an incorrectly deferred maintenance item.

Attributes
ACN	302711
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11000
ASRS Report	302711
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Dispatched on 4 flight segments with a deferred maintenance item. Company maintenance deferred item #XXXX. Item possibly deferred in error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLT MAY HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED WITH AN INCORRECTLY DEFERRED MAINT ITEM.

Narrative: DISPATCHED ON 4 FLT SEGMENTS WITH A DEFERRED MAINT ITEM. COMPANY MAINT DEFERRED ITEM #XXXX. ITEM POSSIBLY DEFERRED IN ERROR.

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.