Flight crew of an mdt failed to have the aircraft flight manuals aboard for flight.

Attributes
ACN	303980
Time
Date	199505
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orf
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	303980
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Reported to operations for duty. Went to aircraft and reported to first officer that I would do 'outside' inspection. Inside, completed left seat tasks and checks. Went back into operations and signed release and obtained latest WX for flight. Went to aircraft and helped first officer with chart analysis for takeoff. Completed originating checklist, took off for destination. Upon arrival, first officer discovered that we had no flight bag on board with aircraft manuals. Determined that cleaning team, at previous overnight, had taken flight bag off of the aircraft and left it in operations. This incident's main cause was due to the fact that a complete inspection of aircraft's interior/equipment did not take place, as to pubs required onboard. Our resultant action(south) was to make the situation right -- immediately -- by alerting company and stopping further flight until we received another set of pubs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MDT FAILED TO HAVE THE ACFT FLT MANUALS ABOARD FOR FLT.

Narrative: RPTED TO OPS FOR DUTY. WENT TO ACFT AND RPTED TO FO THAT I WOULD DO 'OUTSIDE' INSPECTION. INSIDE, COMPLETED L SEAT TASKS AND CHKS. WENT BACK INTO OPS AND SIGNED RELEASE AND OBTAINED LATEST WX FOR FLT. WENT TO ACFT AND HELPED FO WITH CHART ANALYSIS FOR TKOF. COMPLETED ORIGINATING CHKLIST, TOOK OFF FOR DEST. UPON ARR, FO DISCOVERED THAT WE HAD NO FLT BAG ON BOARD WITH ACFT MANUALS. DETERMINED THAT CLEANING TEAM, AT PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT, HAD TAKEN FLT BAG OFF OF THE ACFT AND LEFT IT IN OPS. THIS INCIDENT'S MAIN CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF ACFT'S INTERIOR/EQUIP DID NOT TAKE PLACE, AS TO PUBS REQUIRED ONBOARD. OUR RESULTANT ACTION(S) WAS TO MAKE THE SIT RIGHT -- IMMEDIATELY -- BY ALERTING COMPANY AND STOPPING FURTHER FLT UNTIL WE RECEIVED ANOTHER SET OF PUBS.

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.