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An airbus 300 was dispatched in non compliance with APU air bleed inoperative per the MEL but with no required cockpit placard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 572519 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ind.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 572519 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Failed to placard the APU bleed air supply, MEL 36-16, when placard for the APU bleed air valve was issued, MEL 36-17A.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH APU AIR BLEED INOP PER THE MEL BUT WITH NO REQUIRED COCKPIT PLACARD.
Narrative: FAILED TO PLACARD THE APU BLEED AIR SUPPLY, MEL 36-16, WHEN PLACARD FOR THE APU BLEED AIR VALVE WAS ISSUED, MEL 36-17A.
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.