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A B727 arrived in abq with a deferred maintenance item that was incorrect. This item was correct prior to departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 441670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abq.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 441670 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft came in with mco on #3 engine -- 13TH stage bleed air modulating/shutoff valve. Write-up for troubleshooting did not seem to support MEL. MEL said valve was stuck open, but write-up said pressure was low. Called dispatcher and maintenance coordinator. They agreed MEL calling for valve closed was appropriate. Contacted contract maintenance who changed to mco. Aircraft flew one flight with wrong MEL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 ARRIVED IN ABQ WITH A DEFERRED MAINT ITEM THAT WAS INCORRECT. THIS ITEM WAS CORRECT PRIOR TO DEP.
Narrative: ACFT CAME IN WITH MCO ON #3 ENG -- 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR MODULATING/SHUTOFF VALVE. WRITE-UP FOR TROUBLESHOOTING DID NOT SEEM TO SUPPORT MEL. MEL SAID VALVE WAS STUCK OPEN, BUT WRITE-UP SAID PRESSURE WAS LOW. CALLED DISPATCHER AND MAINT COORDINATOR. THEY AGREED MEL CALLING FOR VALVE CLOSED WAS APPROPRIATE. CONTACTED CONTRACT MAINT WHO CHANGED TO MCO. ACFT FLEW ONE FLT WITH WRONG MEL.
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.