A saab 340B was dispatched in non compliance with a deferred maintenance item 1 day over limits.

Attributes
ACN	460753
Time
Date	200001
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340B
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	460753
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

It was discovered that the inverter that was deferred was incorrectly reported on the release. All logbook entries showed it was written up on monday -- a category B and 3 day deferral. Maintenance control had input the incorrect date of the deferral which was tuesday, thus flyable on thursday. The second captain of the day discovered the error on aircraft xyz and grounded the aircraft until properly maintained.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A SAAB 340B WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DEFERRED MAINT ITEM 1 DAY OVER LIMITS.

Narrative: IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INVERTER THAT WAS DEFERRED WAS INCORRECTLY RPTED ON THE RELEASE. ALL LOGBOOK ENTRIES SHOWED IT WAS WRITTEN UP ON MONDAY -- A CATEGORY B AND 3 DAY DEFERRAL. MAINT CTL HAD INPUT THE INCORRECT DATE OF THE DEFERRAL WHICH WAS TUESDAY, THUS FLYABLE ON THURSDAY. THE SECOND CAPT OF THE DAY DISCOVERED THE ERROR ON ACFT XYZ AND GNDED THE ACFT UNTIL PROPERLY MAINTAINED.

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.