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A dehavilland dash 8 was dispatched in non compliance with the cockpit door dead bolt latch deferred in conflict with the MEL requirement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 529458 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 529458 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On nov/xa/01 I was captain of air carrier X airlines flight XXXX from ZZZ1 to ZZZ2. The aircraft we were flying was aircraft X. This aircraft had a maintenance write-up entry in the aircraft logbook for an inoperative cockpit door safety dead bolt latch that wouldn't close properly. It was written in the logbook as 'this item does not affect airworthiness' as per maintenance control in our headquarters. This item was not to be found in our aircraft MEL. Later that day the company supervisor informed me that the item in question was a 'no fly' item and the aircraft should have been grounded until that item was repaired.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DEHAVILLAND DASH 8 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE COCKPIT DOOR DEAD BOLT LATCH DEFERRED IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL REQUIREMENT.
Narrative: ON NOV/XA/01 I WAS CAPT OF ACR X AIRLINES FLT XXXX FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ2. THE ACFT WE WERE FLYING WAS ACFT X. THIS ACFT HAD A MAINT WRITE-UP ENTRY IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK FOR AN INOP COCKPIT DOOR SAFETY DEAD BOLT LATCH THAT WOULDN'T CLOSE PROPERLY. IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE LOGBOOK AS 'THIS ITEM DOES NOT AFFECT AIRWORTHINESS' AS PER MAINT CTL IN OUR HEADQUARTERS. THIS ITEM WAS NOT TO BE FOUND IN OUR ACFT MEL. LATER THAT DAY THE COMPANY SUPVR INFORMED ME THAT THE ITEM IN QUESTION WAS A 'NO FLY' ITEM AND THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GNDED UNTIL THAT ITEM WAS REPAIRED.
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.