Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural MEL / CDL; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; MEL; Procedure
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After submitting a write up; company requested Captain to contact maintenance. To avoid a call to contract maintenance; Captain was given verbal instructions over the phone to complete an MEL procedure. Verbal instructions were to pull circuit breakers and apply M-74C and M-74B stickers to the appropriate areas on the aircraft. At no time was the Captain instructed to collar the circuit breakers. 1.5 hours later; Captain remembered the circuit breakers were never pushed in again or collared under the direction of Maintenance Control. Upon referencing the MEL; the Captain found the circuit breakers were supposed to be pulled and collared. Captain contacted maintenance to advise the oversight. Attempts were also made to advise the next crew taking the aircraft in the morning to ensure the collars were in place prior to flight. [Causes include] Maintenance Control not advising of the complete MEL procedure. Not using contract maintenance to complete a maintenance procedure. Contributing factor was having a Captain complete an MEL procedure under direction of Maintenance Control. Because Captain terminated the aircraft; and there were no further flights for the night; no reference to MEL manual was made. Only guidance Captain used was through Maintenance Control. Captain should read through the MEL manual even when under Maintenance Control and terminating an aircraft that will not fly until the next day. Do not rely on Maintenance Control to provide all the details to an MEL procedure. Allow contract maintenance to complete a deferral to ensure to it [is] completed correctly.
CRJ-700 Captain reported deviation from MEL deferral procedure as guided by company maintenance.