<< >> NASA ASRS Report 636784, November 2004

An MD80 after dispatch was recalled to the gate to accomplish a required special procedure on a door item that was deferred per the MEL.

Attributes
ACN	636784
Time
Date	200411
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mdt.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
ASRS Report	636784
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : lead technician
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other other Other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

International arrival ZZZ flight crew did not inform maintenance of logbook entry. Aircraft towed from gate abc to cabin attendant. Other maintenance performed (ie, walkaround and oil svced #1 engine). Time constraints and inconsistent MEL 52-11A maintenance procedures not clearly stated on applicable page for particular MEL. Also, flight YYY on nov/tue/04 pushed back early for its departure. Installed MEL 52-11A on aircraft X airplane had pushed early and maintenance procedures 52-11A were not complied with (ie, pull and collar per sp#1 circuit breakers as noted on page 52-11.3). Asked flight crew to return to gate in order to accomplish procedures. Aircraft taxied back to gate, accomplished sp#1 and aircraft returned to service. Aircraft left with no further abnormal occurrences.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 AFTER DISPATCH WAS RECALLED TO THE GATE TO ACCOMPLISH A REQUIRED SPECIAL PROC ON A DOOR ITEM THAT WAS DEFERRED PER THE MEL.

Narrative: INTL ARR ZZZ FLT CREW DID NOT INFORM MAINT OF LOGBOOK ENTRY. ACFT TOWED FROM GATE ABC TO CAB. OTHER MAINT PERFORMED (IE, WALKAROUND AND OIL SVCED #1 ENG). TIME CONSTRAINTS AND INCONSISTENT MEL 52-11A MAINT PROCS NOT CLRLY STATED ON APPLICABLE PAGE FOR PARTICULAR MEL. ALSO, FLT YYY ON NOV/TUE/04 PUSHED BACK EARLY FOR ITS DEP. INSTALLED MEL 52-11A ON ACFT X AIRPLANE HAD PUSHED EARLY AND MAINT PROCS 52-11A WERE NOT COMPLIED WITH (IE, PULL AND COLLAR PER SP#1 CIRCUIT BREAKERS AS NOTED ON PAGE 52-11.3). ASKED FLT CREW TO RETURN TO GATE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH PROCS. ACFT TAXIED BACK TO GATE, ACCOMPLISHED SP#1 AND ACFT RETURNED TO SVC. ACFT LEFT WITH NO FURTHER ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES.

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.