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Maintenance defers an operational engine fire detector vice the associated bottle squib on a B737NG. Mistake undetected by flight crew prior to subsequent departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 816322 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 12100 flight time type : 4200 |
| ASRS Report | 816322 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I contacted phl maintenance for an inoperative #1 engine fire squib. Maintenance wrote up and meled #1 engine fire detector. We departed airport with an improperly meled item inoperative.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance defers an operational engine fire detector vice the associated bottle squib on a B737NG. Mistake undetected by flight crew prior to subsequent departure.
Narrative: I contacted PHL Maintenance for an Inoperative #1 Engine Fire Squib. Maintenance wrote up and MELed #1 Engine Fire Detector. We departed airport with an improperly MELed item inoperative.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.