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Required placards for compliance with the MEL, reference a used passenger oxygen bottle, intended to be placed on the panel and logbook was put off until later and then forgotten because of another in-flight emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 27000 flight time type : 25000 |
| ASRS Report | 596340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
It was a plane and crew change. The inbound crew told us they had used a passenger oxygen bottle on the flight inbound. They entered it in the logbook, got an MEL and maintenance number. I revised my release with dispatch and annotated it on the release with the operations agent. As the other crew was leaving, they said they had not placed the MEL stickers in either the logbook or on the respective panels. I told them I would do that for them. We got busy with the preflight and boarding and I made a mental note to accomplish the sticker placement en route to our destination on takeoff from sea. We experienced an engine seizure at rotation and returned to sea with an emergency landing. With all the communications and paperwork involved with the post emergency wrap-up, I forgot to post the stickers as I had told the outbound crew I would take care of. There is no excuse, but I did get a little busy and was somewhat distraction. Moral: do it now. You may forget later!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REQUIRED PLACARDS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEL, REF A USED PAX OXYGEN BOTTLE, INTENDED TO BE PLACED ON THE PANEL AND LOGBOOK WAS PUT OFF UNTIL LATER AND THEN FORGOTTEN BECAUSE OF ANOTHER INFLT EMER.
Narrative: IT WAS A PLANE AND CREW CHANGE. THE INBOUND CREW TOLD US THEY HAD USED A PAX OXYGEN BOTTLE ON THE FLT INBOUND. THEY ENTERED IT IN THE LOGBOOK, GOT AN MEL AND MAINT NUMBER. I REVISED MY RELEASE WITH DISPATCH AND ANNOTATED IT ON THE RELEASE WITH THE OPS AGENT. AS THE OTHER CREW WAS LEAVING, THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT PLACED THE MEL STICKERS IN EITHER THE LOGBOOK OR ON THE RESPECTIVE PANELS. I TOLD THEM I WOULD DO THAT FOR THEM. WE GOT BUSY WITH THE PREFLT AND BOARDING AND I MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO ACCOMPLISH THE STICKER PLACEMENT ENRTE TO OUR DEST ON TKOF FROM SEA. WE EXPERIENCED AN ENG SEIZURE AT ROTATION AND RETURNED TO SEA WITH AN EMER LNDG. WITH ALL THE COMS AND PAPERWORK INVOLVED WITH THE POST EMER WRAP-UP, I FORGOT TO POST THE STICKERS AS I HAD TOLD THE OUTBOUND CREW I WOULD TAKE CARE OF. THERE IS NO EXCUSE, BUT I DID GET A LITTLE BUSY AND WAS SOMEWHAT DISTR. MORAL: DO IT NOW. YOU MAY FORGET LATER!
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.