AN MD83 CAPT HAS CONCERN OVER LACK OF CURRENT MEL REVISIONS. 2 CIRCUIT BREAKERS PULLED FOR DEFERRAL OF ANTI-ICE SYS HAD WRONG BREAKERS PULLED PER THE MEL WEBSITE.

Date: 2004-10 · Aircraft: MD-83 · Phase: ground

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-mel-cdl|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

AN MD83 CAPT HAS CONCERN OVER LACK OF CURRENT MEL REVISIONS. 2 CIRCUIT BREAKERS PULLED FOR DEFERRAL OF ANTI-ICE SYS HAD WRONG BREAKERS PULLED PER THE MEL WEBSITE.

Narrative

DURING PREFLT I LUCKILY FOUND THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE L AND R AIRFOIL ICE PROTECT CTL M-30 AND N-30 PULLED AND COLLARED WITH NO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. AND WHEN I SAY LUCKILY FOUND; BY USING BLACK CIRCUIT BREAKER COLLARS ALL THAT DOES IS CAMOUFLAGE THE FACT THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IS COLLARED! HOW ABOUT REQUIRING THE USE OF RED OR WHITE COLLARS? SOMETHING THAT MIGHT CONTRAST THE FIELD OF BLACK CIRCUIT BREAKERS! CALLED MAINT; THEY CAME OUT CHKED THE LOGBOOK AND I BELIEVE CALLED MAINT CTLR AND THEN RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS; AND SIGNED OFF MY ENTRIES FOR THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN THE MAINT LOG. I WENT BACK THROUGH THE MAINT LOG ENTRIES AND FOUND THAT THE OVERWING HEATER SYS; MEL 30-25 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLACARDED INOP AND THEN REPAIRED ON OCT/TUE/04. OUT OF CURIOSITY I CHKED THE MEL AND WHAT DOES MEL 30-25 SAY? PULL AND COLLAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS M-30 AND N-30. I THEN THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN INTERIM REVISION FOR THIS. BUT GUESS WHAT? SPECIAL MESSAGES DOES NOT INDICATE THAT MEL 30-25 HAS AN INTERIM REVISION OR MEL CLARIFICATION. I WENT TO THE MEL WEBSITE THIS MORNING AND FOUND THAT MEL 30-25 HAS A MEL CLARIFICATION THAT REVISES THE CIRCUIT BREAKER LOCATION TO P-30 AND R-30 ON EX-ACR Y ACFT. THE CURRENT MEL INTERIM REVISION AND CLARIFICATION PROGRAM DOES NOT WORK. I CONTINUE TO SEE OCCURRENCES WHERE THE MEL ON BOARD THE ACFT IS USED INSTEAD OF THE MEL'S THAT ARE AFFECTED BY INTERIM REVISIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS. A CONDITION OF ISSUING AN MEL THAT HAS AN INTERIM REVISION OR CLARIFICATION SHOULD REQUIRE THAT A CURRENT COPY OF THE INTERIM REVISION OR CLARIFICATION BE PLACED IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK FOR REF BY MAINT AND FLT CREW. DISABLING THE WRONG ACFT SYS IS NOT A GOOD THING.

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