<< >> NASA ASRS Report 393670, December 1997

A B727-200 was dispatched with the generator automatic- paralleling system inoperative and deferred and later the item was questioned for being an MEL discrepancy.

Attributes
ACN	393670
Time
Date	199712
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sju
State Reference	PR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	393670
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Contacted by apa safety committee for possible MEL discrepancy. Sju maintenance placarded automatic-parallel system inoperative, therefore must man parallel generator. Did so and had 3 operating generators. Sju maintenance signed off logbook and captain concurred and flight left sju for 18 min trip to stx.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE GENERATOR AUTO- PARALLELING SYS INOP AND DEFERRED AND LATER THE ITEM WAS QUESTIONED FOR BEING AN MEL DISCREPANCY.

Narrative: CONTACTED BY APA SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR POSSIBLE MEL DISCREPANCY. SJU MAINT PLACARDED AUTO-PARALLEL SYS INOP, THEREFORE MUST MAN PARALLEL GENERATOR. DID SO AND HAD 3 OPERATING GENERATORS. SJU MAINT SIGNED OFF LOGBOOK AND CAPT CONCURRED AND FLT LEFT SJU FOR 18 MIN TRIP TO STX.

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.