A B737-700 was dispatched in non compliance with a service door removed in conflict with the cdl.

Attributes
ACN	486110
Time
Date	200009
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	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	486110
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Situations
Publication	Configuration Deviation List

Narrative:

This NASA report is respective to an MEL/cdl discrepancy for being dispatched. Flight XXX on sep/xa/00 ZZZ-iah B737-700 departed XA40Z, arrived XC38 local. MEL didn't specify for any type B737 under the subtitle. The fuel penalties were applied to our flight when it didn't need to be. The wording didn't specify the particulars for our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-700 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A SVC DOOR REMOVED IN CONFLICT WITH THE CDL.

Narrative: THIS NASA RPT IS RESPECTIVE TO AN MEL/CDL DISCREPANCY FOR BEING DISPATCHED. FLT XXX ON SEP/XA/00 ZZZ-IAH B737-700 DEPARTED XA40Z, ARRIVED XC38 LCL. MEL DIDN'T SPECIFY FOR ANY TYPE B737 UNDER THE SUBTITLE. THE FUEL PENALTIES WERE APPLIED TO OUR FLT WHEN IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE. THE WORDING DIDN'T SPECIFY THE PARTICULARS FOR OUR 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.