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Only after 4 legs of flying does the flight crew of A320 discover that MEL item was not noted on their dispatch release.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 670507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200508 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 670507 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Mechanics strike; new maintenance staff; breakdown of our normal procedures to track and match aircraft MEL's with dispatch release due to mistake in aircraft logbook. A seat (9D) was MEL'ed inoperative; but due to all of the above; and my and my crew's own honest mistake; we operated this aircraft most of the day before I caught and corrected the error with our dispatch and maintenance control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ONLY AFTER 4 LEGS OF FLYING DOES THE FLT CREW OF A320 DISCOVER THAT MEL ITEM WAS NOT NOTED ON THEIR DISPATCH RELEASE.
Narrative: MECHS STRIKE; NEW MAINT STAFF; BREAKDOWN OF OUR NORMAL PROCS TO TRACK AND MATCH ACFT MEL'S WITH DISPATCH RELEASE DUE TO MISTAKE IN ACFT LOGBOOK. A SEAT (9D) WAS MEL'ED INOP; BUT DUE TO ALL OF THE ABOVE; AND MY AND MY CREW'S OWN HONEST MISTAKE; WE OPERATED THIS ACFT MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE I CAUGHT AND CORRECTED THE ERROR WITH OUR DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.