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A B717 flight that was held as a mechanical for low engine pressure indication is released by local maintenance and maintenance control for an MEL item that was not coordination with dispatch. Aircraft departed station outside of the 1 hour redispatch requirement with an invalid release at ZZZ, us.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 580114 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B717 (Formerly MD-95) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| ASRS Report | 580114 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 disp |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft was mechanical with right engine low pressure indication. Mechanics were sent to ZZZ on flight Y to repair flight X. Aircraft was released 35 mins later, but dispatcher was not notified. Maintenance control advised coordinator of new MEL added to aircraft MEL #36-13-05C. Coordinator handed MEL number to dispatchers during shift turnover debriefing. Flight had already departed ZZZ 1 hour before and was airborne, as the dispatchers were discussing the open dispatch release. The flight departed with dispatcher's knowledge and was beyond the 1-HR redispatch requirement. At no time was release of aircraft in ZZZ advised to dispatchers. Concurrence of new MEL between captain/dispatcher not received. Upon arrival ZZZ1, contact was made between captain and myself. I advised captain to file a simultaneous NASA report and contact chief pilot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B717 FLT THAT WAS HELD AS A MECHANICAL FOR LOW ENG PRESSURE INDICATION IS RELEASED BY LCL MAINT AND MAINT CTL FOR AN MEL ITEM THAT WAS NOT COORD WITH DISPATCH. ACFT DEPARTED STATION OUTSIDE OF THE 1 HR REDISPATCH REQUIREMENT WITH AN INVALID RELEASE AT ZZZ, US.
Narrative: ACFT WAS MECHANICAL WITH R ENG LOW PRESSURE INDICATION. MECHS WERE SENT TO ZZZ ON FLT Y TO REPAIR FLT X. ACFT WAS RELEASED 35 MINS LATER, BUT DISPATCHER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. MAINT CTL ADVISED COORDINATOR OF NEW MEL ADDED TO ACFT MEL #36-13-05C. COORDINATOR HANDED MEL NUMBER TO DISPATCHERS DURING SHIFT TURNOVER DEBRIEFING. FLT HAD ALREADY DEPARTED ZZZ 1 HR BEFORE AND WAS AIRBORNE, AS THE DISPATCHERS WERE DISCUSSING THE OPEN DISPATCH RELEASE. THE FLT DEPARTED WITH DISPATCHER'S KNOWLEDGE AND WAS BEYOND THE 1-HR REDISPATCH REQUIREMENT. AT NO TIME WAS RELEASE OF ACFT IN ZZZ ADVISED TO DISPATCHERS. CONCURRENCE OF NEW MEL BTWN CAPT/DISPATCHER NOT RECEIVED. UPON ARR ZZZ1, CONTACT WAS MADE BTWN CAPT AND MYSELF. I ADVISED CAPT TO FILE A SIMULTANEOUS NASA RPT AND CONTACT CHIEF PLT.
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.