Aircraft flown without required oil quantity check.

Attributes
ACN	448231
Time
Date	199909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
ASRS Report	448231
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	448230
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft was picked up in sea and MEL requiring oil quantity be checked. Checked and signed off in sea. Upon reaching sna flight was running late. Load was light. Because of time pressure to get flight out, the requirement to check oil quantity was overlooked and no one from maintenance showed up to check. An entry should have been made and signed off in logbook but was not.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT FLOWN WITHOUT REQUIRED OIL QUANTITY CHK.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PICKED UP IN SEA AND MEL REQUIRING OIL QUANTITY BE CHKED. CHKED AND SIGNED OFF IN SEA. UPON REACHING SNA FLT WAS RUNNING LATE. LOAD WAS LIGHT. BECAUSE OF TIME PRESSURE TO GET FLT OUT, THE REQUIREMENT TO CHK OIL QUANTITY WAS OVERLOOKED AND NO ONE FROM MAINT SHOWED UP TO CHK. AN ENTRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AND SIGNED OFF IN LOGBOOK BUT WAS NOT.

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.