A DA2000 first officer reported that an MEL was not properly dealt with before departure from teb.

Attributes
ACN	515840
Time
Date	200106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : teb.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Falcon 2000
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	515840
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

While en route from teb-ptk, an overdue MEL discrepancy was discovered in the aircraft logbook. Aircraft was landed at ptk where maintenance was contacted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DA2000 FO RPTED THAT AN MEL WAS NOT PROPERLY DEALT WITH BEFORE DEP FROM TEB.

Narrative: WHILE ENRTE FROM TEB-PTK, AN OVERDUE MEL DISCREPANCY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. ACFT WAS LANDED AT PTK WHERE MAINT WAS CONTACTED.

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.