DHC8-300 captain reports having an oxygen mask strap repaired prior to departure and not making a lo...

Narrative:

While doing the originating checks in the morning; my first officer pulled his oxygen mask to check it and the pin that holds the strap to hang the mask came off. Since it was an originator in a maintenance base the mechanics happened to be there next to the plane as always to make sure everything is ok. We informed one of them that the pin came off and he proceeded to look for the pin and reinstalled it. I asked him if I needed to make a write-up in the logbook and he said no; it is fine. I agreed with him since he wasn't actually fixing or changing any part on the airplane I didn't see the need to put this on the logbook as well. [I did] not follow company sops and [did] not contact maintenance control since I believed this didn't require an actual write up. [In the future I should] contact my dispatcher and maintenance control to clarify and clear any time maintenance personnel are on board of the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DHC8-300 Captain reports having an oxygen mask strap repaired prior to departure and not making a logbook entry. He is informed after the fact that an entry and maintenance sign off should have occurred.

Narrative: While doing the originating checks in the morning; my First Officer pulled his oxygen mask to check it and the pin that holds the strap to hang the mask came off. Since it was an originator in a Maintenance Base the mechanics happened to be there next to the plane as always to make sure everything is ok. We informed one of them that the pin came off and he proceeded to look for the pin and reinstalled it. I asked him if I needed to make a write-up in the logbook and he said no; it is fine. I agreed with him since he wasn't actually fixing or changing any part on the airplane I didn't see the need to put this on the logbook as well. [I did] not follow company SOPs and [did] not contact Maintenance Control since I believed this didn't require an actual write up. [In the future I should] contact my Dispatcher and Maintenance Control to clarify and clear any time maintenance personnel are on board of the airplane.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1151801
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

DHC8-300 captain reports having an oxygen mask strap repaired prior to departure and not making a logbook entry. He is informed after the fact that an entry and maintenance sign off should have occurred.