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An MD11 was dispatched on multiple trips in non compliance with a deferred item requiring cockpit fuel quantity testing prior to refueling with no logbook signoff verifying tests.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 485340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 485340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel quantity indicators other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Took delay at dfw to verify that MEL system 28-25 requirements were met. A cockpit initiated fuel system test must be accomplished after each refueling per maintenance manual procedures manual 28-25. This aircraft flew multiple flts without any logbook signoff that test was done. Should not the MEL placard be a required check placard?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD11 WAS DISPATCHED ON MULTIPLE TRIPS IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DEFERRED ITEM REQUIRING COCKPIT FUEL QUANTITY TESTING PRIOR TO REFUELING WITH NO LOGBOOK SIGNOFF VERIFYING TESTS.
Narrative: TOOK DELAY AT DFW TO VERIFY THAT MEL SYS 28-25 REQUIREMENTS WERE MET. A COCKPIT INITIATED FUEL SYS TEST MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED AFTER EACH REFUELING PER MAINT MANUAL PROCS MANUAL 28-25. THIS ACFT FLEW MULTIPLE FLTS WITHOUT ANY LOGBOOK SIGNOFF THAT TEST WAS DONE. SHOULD NOT THE MEL PLACARD BE A REQUIRED CHK PLACARD?
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.