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An airbus 320 was dispatched with a right pack inoperative deferred but tested ok in-flight. Captain wanted item cleared at flight termination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 531990 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 531990 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On taxi out of ZZZ, captain instructed me to reset pack #2 that was deferred to see if it worked. I did as instructed and the pack worked normally. Upon reaching our filed altitude of FL310 captain had multiple talks with maintenance concerning the deferred pack operating normally and having it cleared at arrival. He then decided to go to FL370. At FL370 both packs operating normally. He again talked to maintenance, and we were dispatched instructions to descend due to the deferred pack. After a short time due to ATC and active MOA we did descend. Captain called maintenance on the phone upon arrival to ZZZ1 to try to get the pack cleared.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 320 WAS DISPATCHED WITH A R PACK INOP DEFERRED BUT TESTED OK INFLT. CAPT WANTED ITEM CLRED AT FLT TERMINATION.
Narrative: ON TAXI OUT OF ZZZ, CAPT INSTRUCTED ME TO RESET PACK #2 THAT WAS DEFERRED TO SEE IF IT WORKED. I DID AS INSTRUCTED AND THE PACK WORKED NORMALLY. UPON REACHING OUR FILED ALT OF FL310 CAPT HAD MULTIPLE TALKS WITH MAINT CONCERNING THE DEFERRED PACK OPERATING NORMALLY AND HAVING IT CLRED AT ARR. HE THEN DECIDED TO GO TO FL370. AT FL370 BOTH PACKS OPERATING NORMALLY. HE AGAIN TALKED TO MAINT, AND WE WERE DISPATCHED INSTRUCTIONS TO DSND DUE TO THE DEFERRED PACK. AFTER A SHORT TIME DUE TO ATC AND ACTIVE MOA WE DID DSND. CAPT CALLED MAINT ON THE PHONE UPON ARR TO ZZZ1 TO TRY TO GET THE PACK CLRED.
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.