Chagrined commuter captain admits to his failings in the use or interpretation of the MEL requirements for dispatching his aircraft to destination airport.

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Attributes
ACN	306019
Time
Date	199505
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bkx
State Reference	SD
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 285 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 285
ASRS Report	306019
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

In inappropriately filed brookings as a legal destination. Our flaps were inoperative and MEL'ed which lengthened our landing distance. As per 135.393(a)(1), our landing distance exceeded 60 percent of the runway available. A better thought process of considering all ramifications of an inoperative component on the airplane would greatly reduce the chance of this occurring again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CHAGRINED COMMUTER CAPT ADMITS TO HIS FAILINGS IN THE USE OR INTERP OF THE MEL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPATCHING HIS ACFT TO DEST ARPT.

Narrative: IN INAPPROPRIATELY FILED BROOKINGS AS A LEGAL DEST. OUR FLAPS WERE INOP AND MEL'ED WHICH LENGTHENED OUR LNDG DISTANCE. AS PER 135.393(A)(1), OUR LNDG DISTANCE EXCEEDED 60 PERCENT OF THE RWY AVAILABLE. A BETTER THOUGHT PROCESS OF CONSIDERING ALL RAMIFICATIONS OF AN INOP COMPONENT ON THE AIRPLANE WOULD GREATLY REDUCE THE CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING AGAIN.

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.