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Air carrier medium large transport flight crew question legality of dispatch from major maintenance base with cockpit voice recorder inoperative and deferred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 90653 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198807 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : 3sz |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 90653 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Company issued deferred maintenance # for inoperative cockpit voice recorder and required myself and other crew members to take the aircraft. Given the revised MEL/cdl list and the fact company MEL/cdl lists have not been updated, we were unable to determine the legality of this situation. Since we were departing mia, a maintenance base, we have some doubts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW QUESTION LEGALITY OF DISPATCH FROM MAJOR MAINTENANCE BASE WITH COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER INOPERATIVE AND DEFERRED.
Narrative: COMPANY ISSUED DEFERRED MAINT # FOR INOP COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER AND REQUIRED MYSELF AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS TO TAKE THE ACFT. GIVEN THE REVISED MEL/CDL LIST AND THE FACT COMPANY MEL/CDL LISTS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE LEGALITY OF THIS SITUATION. SINCE WE WERE DEPARTING MIA, A MAINT BASE, WE HAVE SOME DOUBTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.