MD80 air carrier flight crew departed without maintenance logbook on board.

Attributes
ACN	308270
Time
Date	199506
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pdx
State Reference	OR
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	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
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 : 200 flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	308270
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	308262
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Logbook not on aircraft during before start check. Distracted during last item (logbook) on checklist. Logbook was not confirmed on board. 1) avoid distrs during checklist. 2) logbook not to be removed from aircraft except by maintenance performing duties. Supplemental information from acn 308262: gate agent removed maintenance log from aircraft on overnight. Dispatch notified us en route.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 ACR FLC DEPARTED WITHOUT MAINT LOGBOOK ON BOARD.

Narrative: LOGBOOK NOT ON ACFT DURING BEFORE START CHK. DISTRACTED DURING LAST ITEM (LOGBOOK) ON CHKLIST. LOGBOOK WAS NOT CONFIRMED ON BOARD. 1) AVOID DISTRS DURING CHKLIST. 2) LOGBOOK NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM ACFT EXCEPT BY MAINT PERFORMING DUTIES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 308262: GATE AGENT REMOVED MAINT LOG FROM ACFT ON OVERNIGHT. DISPATCH NOTIFIED US ENRTE.

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.