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A B737-300 was dispatched in non compliance with no automated external defibrillator boarded. Caused by MEL not current with updated revisions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 618894 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 | 618894 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 gnd |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : non availability of parts contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Minimum Equipment List |
Narrative:
Deferred automated external defibrillator on aircraft #1 with MEL #25-17. Item not deferrable. Under 25-17 second paragraph, was misunderstood that 1 automated external defibrillator installed and zero required. My thinking was 2 automated external defibrillator's were on aircraft. Automated external defibrillator in nis in ZZZ at the time.618894 syn
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH NO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR BOARDED. CAUSED BY MEL NOT CURRENT WITH UPDATED REVISIONS.
Narrative: DEFERRED AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ON ACFT #1 WITH MEL #25-17. ITEM NOT DEFERRABLE. UNDER 25-17 SECOND PARAGRAPH, WAS MISUNDERSTOOD THAT 1 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTALLED AND ZERO REQUIRED. MY THINKING WAS 2 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR'S WERE ON ACFT. AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR IN NIS IN ZZZ AT THE TIME.618894 SYN
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.