Commuter flies 3 days with open write up.

Attributes
ACN	271131
Time
Date	199405
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fat
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	other
Route In Use	enroute : direct enroute airway : zoa
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	271131
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
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

Narrative:

Back side of reduced rest overnight, 9TH hour of a 13 hour day. Had a 45 min on ground in sfo before the leg to fat. 10 mins before departure time, the ramp supervisor advised us that we were to swap into another aircraft. Maintenance was working on the aircraft we were to swap into. They (maintenance) cleared the 2 write ups on that page and I asked the captain I was giving IOE (initial operating experience) to look through the log while I got the passenger on the aircraft. After we got into the air, I took the time to look through the logbook. The aircraft had been written up 2 times before for the same thing. The flaps bleed down and the demist foot directional control wasn't working. The second time those were written up maintenance cleared the flap write up, but not the de-mist write up. This write up was 7 pages back from the log sheet I was on. 3 different crews flew the aircraft with the open write up before I found it. When I talked to our maintenance controller, he said he thought that there might have been an open write up, but did nothing about it. It was a long day and I was mad about the aircraft swap. I trusted the captain I was giving IOE to that he would catch anything in the log -- he didn't.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER FLIES 3 DAYS WITH OPEN WRITE UP.

Narrative: BACK SIDE OF REDUCED REST OVERNIGHT, 9TH HR OF A 13 HR DAY. HAD A 45 MIN ON GND IN SFO BEFORE THE LEG TO FAT. 10 MINS BEFORE DEP TIME, THE RAMP SUPVR ADVISED US THAT WE WERE TO SWAP INTO ANOTHER ACFT. MAINT WAS WORKING ON THE ACFT WE WERE TO SWAP INTO. THEY (MAINT) CLRED THE 2 WRITE UPS ON THAT PAGE AND I ASKED THE CAPT I WAS GIVING IOE (INITIAL OPERATING EXPERIENCE) TO LOOK THROUGH THE LOG WHILE I GOT THE PAX ON THE ACFT. AFTER WE GOT INTO THE AIR, I TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE LOGBOOK. THE ACFT HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP 2 TIMES BEFORE FOR THE SAME THING. THE FLAPS BLEED DOWN AND THE DEMIST FOOT DIRECTIONAL CTL WASN'T WORKING. THE SECOND TIME THOSE WERE WRITTEN UP MAINT CLRED THE FLAP WRITE UP, BUT NOT THE DE-MIST WRITE UP. THIS WRITE UP WAS 7 PAGES BACK FROM THE LOG SHEET I WAS ON. 3 DIFFERENT CREWS FLEW THE ACFT WITH THE OPEN WRITE UP BEFORE I FOUND IT. WHEN I TALKED TO OUR MAINT CTLR, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OPEN WRITE UP, BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS A LONG DAY AND I WAS MAD ABOUT THE ACFT SWAP. I TRUSTED THE CAPT I WAS GIVING IOE TO THAT HE WOULD CATCH ANYTHING IN THE LOG -- HE DIDN'T.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.