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Flight crew of an medium large transport discovered that the latest MEL deferred equipment item was not indicated on the flight release.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 378710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sea |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked 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 : 180 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 378710 |
| 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 non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During preflight checks we noticed an inoperative loop 'a' on the #2 engine. Maintenance was called out and the item was put on MEL. Although dispatch was notified by maintenance control of the addition of the MEL, there was no communication between the flight deck and dispatch. Therefore the appropriate notation was never added to the flight release in the airplane. Contributing factors include late flight, holding for connects, 'late' PA's, last min maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DISCOVERED THAT THE LATEST MEL DEFERRED EQUIP ITEM WAS NOT INDICATED ON THE FLT RELEASE.
Narrative: DURING PREFLT CHKS WE NOTICED AN INOP LOOP 'A' ON THE #2 ENG. MAINT WAS CALLED OUT AND THE ITEM WAS PUT ON MEL. ALTHOUGH DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED BY MAINT CTL OF THE ADDITION OF THE MEL, THERE WAS NO COM BTWN THE FLT DECK AND DISPATCH. THEREFORE THE APPROPRIATE NOTATION WAS NEVER ADDED TO THE FLT RELEASE IN THE AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE LATE FLT, HOLDING FOR CONNECTS, 'LATE' PA'S, LAST MIN MAINT.
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.