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A B727-200 deferred with 1 air conditioning pack inoperative is flight planned in non compliance with MEL requirements.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 477100 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mroc.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 477100 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
1 pack operation. Aircraft load limited by structural weight. I told the dispatcher we needed enough fuel to allow us to lose the remaining pack, descend to 10000 ft, and fly to the nearest suitable airport from any point along our route of flight. The decision was made to delay the flight and take another aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 DEFERRED WITH 1 AIR CONDITIONING PACK INOP IS FLT PLANNED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH MEL REQUIREMENTS.
Narrative: 1 PACK OP. ACFT LOAD LIMITED BY STRUCTURAL WT. I TOLD THE DISPATCHER WE NEEDED ENOUGH FUEL TO ALLOW US TO LOSE THE REMAINING PACK, DSND TO 10000 FT, AND FLY TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT FROM ANY POINT ALONG OUR RTE OF FLT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DELAY THE FLT AND TAKE ANOTHER ACFT.
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.