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An MD80 was dispatched with an inoperative lavatory deferred per the MEL but not entered on the flight release document.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 389500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| 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 | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
A lavatory was put on MEL. This MEL item was not included on the flight release. Contributing factors: item was deferred in flight attendant logbook. Workload, as other maintenance and deferrals were being accomplished. In the aircraft/cockpit logbook the transmission of the deferral from the flight attendant logbook to dispatch was forgotten by the pilot (me) and was not timely by maintenance. Having only one logbook for the aircraft might have helped this error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 WAS DISPATCHED WITH AN INOP LAVATORY DEFERRED PER THE MEL BUT NOT ENTERED ON THE FLT RELEASE DOCUMENT.
Narrative: A LAVATORY WAS PUT ON MEL. THIS MEL ITEM WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE FLT RELEASE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ITEM WAS DEFERRED IN FLT ATTENDANT LOGBOOK. WORKLOAD, AS OTHER MAINT AND DEFERRALS WERE BEING ACCOMPLISHED. IN THE ACFT/COCKPIT LOGBOOK THE XMISSION OF THE DEFERRAL FROM THE FLT ATTENDANT LOGBOOK TO DISPATCH WAS FORGOTTEN BY THE PLT (ME) AND WAS NOT TIMELY BY MAINT. HAVING ONLY ONE LOGBOOK FOR THE ACFT MIGHT HAVE HELPED THIS 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.