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A B757-200 was dispatched in non compliance with seat 17D deferred as inoperative but seats 17E and F not locked out per the MEL procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 614946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 614946 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 969 |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST |
Narrative:
I was issued a MEL reference for 17D by technical services. I deactivated and lock-out seat 17D per MEL. I failed to fully comply with MEL and lock-out adjacent seats (17E and 17F).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH SEAT 17D DEFERRED AS INOP BUT SEATS 17E AND F NOT LOCKED OUT PER THE MEL PROC.
Narrative: I WAS ISSUED A MEL REF FOR 17D BY TECHNICAL SVCS. I DEACTIVATED AND LOCK-OUT SEAT 17D PER MEL. I FAILED TO FULLY COMPLY WITH MEL AND LOCK-OUT ADJACENT SEATS (17E AND 17F).
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.