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Air carrier departs without logbook on board. Late hour cargo operation. Pilot felt this was a checklist deficiency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 125707 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198910 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jan |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 125707 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
No maintenance performed, no fuel added, so did not make log entries prior to departure. Had flown aircraft into city so had already check log on previous leg. Unbeknownst to crew, maintenance had removed log from aircraft. I discovered this in flight. Older aircraft with longer checklists included 'logbook' as a checklist item. New aircraft have very short checklists and much emphasis on flow patterns. Maybe we have gone too far the other way.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR DEPARTS WITHOUT LOGBOOK ON BOARD. LATE HOUR CARGO OPERATION. PLT FELT THIS WAS A CHECKLIST DEFICIENCY.
Narrative: NO MAINT PERFORMED, NO FUEL ADDED, SO DID NOT MAKE LOG ENTRIES PRIOR TO DEP. HAD FLOWN ACFT INTO CITY SO HAD ALREADY CHECK LOG ON PREVIOUS LEG. UNBEKNOWNST TO CREW, MAINT HAD REMOVED LOG FROM ACFT. I DISCOVERED THIS IN FLT. OLDER ACFT WITH LONGER CHECKLISTS INCLUDED 'LOGBOOK' AS A CHECKLIST ITEM. NEW ACFT HAVE VERY SHORT CHECKLISTS AND MUCH EMPHASIS ON FLOW PATTERNS. MAYBE WE HAVE GONE TOO FAR THE OTHER WAY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.