Narrative:

I served as first officer on flight mia-ccs-bog. After landing in bog, flight engineer discussed with captain about fuel used counter inoperative along with a fuel flow indicator already deferred. I was not included in discussion about this maintenance discrepancy, but do recall them looking in the deferred MEL book and agreeing it was ok. I subsequently took the next flight bog-mia with a different captain who did not question the deference of both fuel flow and used counter. Reassigned once again to next flight on same aircraft mia-ccs-bog with a different captain. He researched MEL and found it to be unapproved for which I read MEL and concur. Maintenance replaced part, item operations normal, dmi cleared. It is not normal policy/procedure to include first officer into discussion, especially after landing, postflt write-ups. There is also a page within our MEL that allows this combination, but for a pratt and whitney engine for which this company does not operate. This occurrence slipped through several layers of protection, from flight crew, line maintenance, and maintenance control.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NON COMPLIANCE WITH MEL REQUIREMENTS ON A B747-300 CARGO ACFT WHEN FUEL USED COUNTER IS ADDED TO DEFERRED LIST ALONG WITH AN INOP ENG FUEL FLOW INDICATOR AT SKBO, FO.

Narrative: I SERVED AS FO ON FLT MIA-CCS-BOG. AFTER LNDG IN BOG, FE DISCUSSED WITH CAPT ABOUT FUEL USED COUNTER INOP ALONG WITH A FUEL FLOW INDICATOR ALREADY DEFERRED. I WAS NOT INCLUDED IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS MAINT DISCREPANCY, BUT DO RECALL THEM LOOKING IN THE DEFERRED MEL BOOK AND AGREEING IT WAS OK. I SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK THE NEXT FLT BOG-MIA WITH A DIFFERENT CAPT WHO DID NOT QUESTION THE DEFERENCE OF BOTH FUEL FLOW AND USED COUNTER. REASSIGNED ONCE AGAIN TO NEXT FLT ON SAME ACFT MIA-CCS-BOG WITH A DIFFERENT CAPT. HE RESEARCHED MEL AND FOUND IT TO BE UNAPPROVED FOR WHICH I READ MEL AND CONCUR. MAINT REPLACED PART, ITEM OPS NORMAL, DMI CLRED. IT IS NOT NORMAL POLICY/PROC TO INCLUDE FO INTO DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY AFTER LNDG, POSTFLT WRITE-UPS. THERE IS ALSO A PAGE WITHIN OUR MEL THAT ALLOWS THIS COMBINATION, BUT FOR A PRATT AND WHITNEY ENG FOR WHICH THIS COMPANY DOES NOT OPERATE. THIS OCCURRENCE SLIPPED THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF PROTECTION, FROM FLC, LINE MAINT, AND MAINT CTL.

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.