Narrative:

I received a phone call from air carrier chief pilot's office regarding air carrier flight abc which I operated as first officer from ZZZ to wxv on sep/xa/00 in aircraft xyz. This situation also applies to 3 subsequent flts, flight #abc, #xyv and #XXX from ZZZ to wzz, wzz to ZZZ, and ZZZ to ymx, respectively. The chief pilot informed me that he believed we had an improper maintenance deferral departing ZZZ. The following are the events as they occurred. During the morning preflight, the captain conducted the 'hydraulic/flight control first flight of the day' checks. During the test the EICAS displayed inboard and outboard ground spoiler fault status messages. The captain called for maintenance and wrote up the discrepancy in the maintenance logbook. A mechanic arrived at the aircraft. He used a cell phone to contact air carrier maintenance control at XXX. While talking on the cell phone he pulled and reset several circuit breakers at the direction of maintenance. The fault code did not clear. He discussed the situation with maintenance control and then xferred the write-up to the maintenance deferral log. He briefed the captain that all the crew needed to do operationally was verify proper flight control operation prior to flight. Shortly after the mechanic departed the aircraft, the applicable status messages cleared from the EICAS and never returned. We completed operations checks of the flight controls/ground spoilers and flew the flts without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CANADAIR CL65 WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE AUTOSPOILERS DEFERRED AS INOP.

Narrative: I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ACR CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE REGARDING ACR FLT ABC WHICH I OPERATED AS FO FROM ZZZ TO WXV ON SEP/XA/00 IN ACFT XYZ. THIS SIT ALSO APPLIES TO 3 SUBSEQUENT FLTS, FLT #ABC, #XYV AND #XXX FROM ZZZ TO WZZ, WZZ TO ZZZ, AND ZZZ TO YMX, RESPECTIVELY. THE CHIEF PLT INFORMED ME THAT HE BELIEVED WE HAD AN IMPROPER MAINT DEFERRAL DEPARTING ZZZ. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EVENTS AS THEY OCCURRED. DURING THE MORNING PREFLT, THE CAPT CONDUCTED THE 'HYD/FLT CTL FIRST FLT OF THE DAY' CHKS. DURING THE TEST THE EICAS DISPLAYED INBOARD AND OUTBOARD GND SPOILER FAULT STATUS MESSAGES. THE CAPT CALLED FOR MAINT AND WROTE UP THE DISCREPANCY IN THE MAINT LOGBOOK. A MECH ARRIVED AT THE ACFT. HE USED A CELL PHONE TO CONTACT ACR MAINT CTL AT XXX. WHILE TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE HE PULLED AND RESET SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS AT THE DIRECTION OF MAINT. THE FAULT CODE DID NOT CLR. HE DISCUSSED THE SIT WITH MAINT CTL AND THEN XFERRED THE WRITE-UP TO THE MAINT DEFERRAL LOG. HE BRIEFED THE CAPT THAT ALL THE CREW NEEDED TO DO OPERATIONALLY WAS VERIFY PROPER FLT CTL OP PRIOR TO FLT. SHORTLY AFTER THE MECH DEPARTED THE ACFT, THE APPLICABLE STATUS MESSAGES CLRED FROM THE EICAS AND NEVER RETURNED. WE COMPLETED OPS CHKS OF THE FLT CTLS/GND SPOILERS AND FLEW THE FLTS WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.