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A B757-200 was dispatched in non compliance with positional and directional equipment deferred using the wrong MEL reference.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 623073 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| ASRS Report | 623073 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : fault isolation |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I used the wrong MEL reference for aircraft X interrelated to the aft equipment MEL. I used 34-20-13 instead of 34-20C. Another technician specialist corrected the error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH POSITIONAL AND DIRECTIONAL EQUIP DEFERRED USING THE WRONG MEL REF.
Narrative: I USED THE WRONG MEL REF FOR ACFT X INTERRELATED TO THE AFT EQUIP MEL. I USED 34-20-13 INSTEAD OF 34-20C. ANOTHER TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST CORRECTED THE ERROR.
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.