AN L1011-100 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH LIGHTS IN THE AUTO GND SPD BRAKE HANDLE INOP IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL REQUIREMENTS.

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THE ACFT ARRIVED WITH BOTH LIGHTS IN THE AUTO GND SPD BRAKE HANDLE INOP. BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SYS; I HAD MAINT RELAMP THE HANDLE TO NO AVAIL. I DECIDED TO PUT THE AUTO GND SPOILERS ON MAINT CARRYOVER (MCO) USING MEL #XX-YY-ZZ AND THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED. I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THE NEXT DAY THAT THE LIGHTS IN THE AUTO GND SPOILERS HANDLE WERE AN INDICATION OF THE AUTO GND SPOILERS HYD ASSIST BEING INOP. THERE ARE 2 HYD ASSIST SYS FOR THE AUTO GND SPOILERS AND AN INDICATOR LIGHT FOR EACH SYS. FOR DISPATCH; ONE INDICATOR LIGHT CAN BE INOP USING MEL ZZ-WW-XX. AS IT TURNED OUT; MAINT FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HYD ASSIST FOR THE AUTO GND SPOILERS. THE PROB WAS FOUND TO BE A BAD GND FOR THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHTS ON THE HANDLE SO THE ENTIRE AUTO SPOILER SYS WAS DEFERRED. THE RPTR SAID THE DEFERRAL OF BOTH LIGHTS WAS NOT PERMITTED. THE RPTR STATED WHEN HE CHKED THE MEL IT WAS CLOSE TO DEP TIME AND HE JUST MISREAD THE MANUAL.