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A B737-300 was dispatched in non compliance with the forward cabin attendant seat deferred as inoperative in conflict with the MEL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 631555 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Wed |
| 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 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 631555 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I deferred the item per MEL 2521D of the fleet with the impression of deferrable, and asking station operations for the system operation approval. After aircraft left station, I received from maintenance controller that this was a no go item. Aircraft flew from ZZZ to ZZZ1.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORWARD CABIN ATTENDANT SEAT DEFERRED AS INOP IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL.
Narrative: I DEFERRED THE ITEM PER MEL 2521D OF THE FLEET WITH THE IMPRESSION OF DEFERRABLE, AND ASKING STATION OPS FOR THE SYS OP APPROVAL. AFTER ACFT LEFT STATION, I RECEIVED FROM MAINT CTLR THAT THIS WAS A NO GO ITEM. ACFT FLEW FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ1.
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.