An air carrier F100 captain admits that he flew an aircraft that had an improper MEL placard.

Attributes
ACN	366616
Time
Date	199704
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp
State Reference	MN
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	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 : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	366616
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 : far non adherence : published procedure 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:

The aircraft had a previous write-up of the #1 throttle and a corresponding placard of the autothrottle system for that problem. The placard omitted the words '#1 channel of autothrottle system inoperative.' this would have meant the entire system was inoperative and MEL requires #1 or #2 channel to be working. The write-up gave me the understanding that the aircraft was ok for service with a problem only on the #1 autothrottle channel. The flight to dfw was uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR F100 CAPT ADMITS THAT HE FLEW AN ACFT THAT HAD AN IMPROPER MEL PLACARD.

Narrative: THE ACFT HAD A PREVIOUS WRITE-UP OF THE #1 THROTTLE AND A CORRESPONDING PLACARD OF THE AUTOTHROTTLE SYS FOR THAT PROB. THE PLACARD OMITTED THE WORDS '#1 CHANNEL OF AUTOTHROTTLE SYS INOP.' THIS WOULD HAVE MEANT THE ENTIRE SYS WAS INOP AND MEL REQUIRES #1 OR #2 CHANNEL TO BE WORKING. THE WRITE-UP GAVE ME THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ACFT WAS OK FOR SVC WITH A PROB ONLY ON THE #1 AUTOTHROTTLE CHANNEL. THE FLT TO DFW WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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.