1998-09 · NASA ASRS report 414658
A FOKKER 100 WAS DISPATCHED WITH NUMEROUS FLT COMPUTER RELATED RPTS DEFERRED IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL.
ON SEP/XA/98 FLT XYZ ZZZ-XXX ACFT ZBY; THE FOLLOWING EVENT OCCURRED. REF LOG PAGE YXYX; PIREP XB; WHICH STATES DURING CRUISE FLT SEVERAL CHIMES AND ALERTS ACTIVATED -- FCC 2 MESSAGES; AUTOTHROTTLE 2 MESSAGES; SPD LIMIT FLAGS; NO LAND MESSAGE; AND NO WINDSHEAR GUIDANCE MESSAGE. FCC FAILURE ACCOMPLISHED ALL ON ONE CHKLIST. NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN UP AND ADDRESSED IN ZZZ; INBOUND FLT XYZA XXX- ZZZ. I WAS CALLED OUT TO ANSWER CONCERNS THE OUTBOUND XXX CREW HAD ABOUT THE MEL. UPON ENTERING THE ACFT AND QUICKLY ASSESSING THE SIT; I DETERMINED THE PIREP WAS NOT ADDRESSED CORRECTLY. MEL BBBBB WAS USED TO DEFER THE PIREP AND A MAINT ENTRY TO DOWNGRADE THE LNDG STATUS. UPON REVIEW OF THE MEL; I FOUND IT MADE NO MENTION OF 1) THE AUTOTHROTTLE FAULT; AND 2) THE WINDSHEAR FAULT -- BOTH OF WHICH WERE STILL PRESENT. IN REVIEW; OUR CONTRACT MAINT MECH FAILED TO DO 2 THINGS. 1) PIREP XB WAS NOT CORRECTLY DEFERRED PER THE MEL. 2) DID NOT CIRCLE DEFERRED IN THE ACTION TAKEN BLOCK. THE CREW WHO FLEW THIS ACFT ON FLT XYZ ZZZ-XXX SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE EQUIP IN THIS CONDITION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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