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Aircraft flown with APU inoperative. APU had been written up and MEL'ed but had not been properly cleared by maintenance. Aircraft was flown since then with an improper logbook write-up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 362860 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msy |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 362860 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure |
| 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 sum: a long report of an APU that had been MEL'ed but not written off properly and therefore flown on a couple of legs illegally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT FLOWN WITH APU INOP. APU HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP AND MEL'ED BUT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY CLRED BY MAINT. ACFT WAS FLOWN SINCE THEN WITH AN IMPROPER LOGBOOK WRITE-UP.
Narrative: IN SUM: A LONG RPT OF AN APU THAT HAD BEEN MEL'ED BUT NOT WRITTEN OFF PROPERLY AND THEREFORE FLOWN ON A COUPLE OF LEGS ILLEGALLY.
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.