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B727 crew flew trip with an open logbook item when a new so failed to note that the item should be cleared by maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 356541 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NH |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1700 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 356541 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 356384 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | 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:
On my preflight inspection of the aircraft maintenance logbook, I noted a gripe written by the previous crew that the autoplt was 'very sensitive.' it was my fourth flight as a flight engineer and to me, the writeup sounded like an information only writeup, and maintenance would wait until the end of the day to do anything since it was not imperative to safe flight. I notified the captain of the gripe during the before start checklist under 'logbook.' he told me at that time that the previous captain debriefed him about the jerky autoplt, so I did not show him the logbook. At the completion of the rotation(3 flts later), I wrote up an additional gripe and showed him the logbook to see if he had any additional input. It was then that he brought it to my attention that the sensitive autoplt was not signed off. I told the captain that I thought it was just an information only input. He informed me that anything and everything must be signed off before we fly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 CREW FLEW TRIP WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM WHEN A NEW SO FAILED TO NOTE THAT THE ITEM SHOULD BE CLRED BY MAINT.
Narrative: ON MY PREFLT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK, I NOTED A GRIPE WRITTEN BY THE PREVIOUS CREW THAT THE AUTOPLT WAS 'VERY SENSITIVE.' IT WAS MY FOURTH FLT AS A FE AND TO ME, THE WRITEUP SOUNDED LIKE AN INFO ONLY WRITEUP, AND MAINT WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TO DO ANYTHING SINCE IT WAS NOT IMPERATIVE TO SAFE FLT. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT OF THE GRIPE DURING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST UNDER 'LOGBOOK.' HE TOLD ME AT THAT TIME THAT THE PREVIOUS CAPT DEBRIEFED HIM ABOUT THE JERKY AUTOPLT, SO I DID NOT SHOW HIM THE LOGBOOK. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE ROTATION(3 FLTS LATER), I WROTE UP AN ADDITIONAL GRIPE AND SHOWED HIM THE LOGBOOK TO SEE IF HE HAD ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT. IT WAS THEN THAT HE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTN THAT THE SENSITIVE AUTOPLT WAS NOT SIGNED OFF. I TOLD THE CAPT THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN INFO ONLY INPUT. HE INFORMED ME THAT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MUST BE SIGNED OFF BEFORE WE FLY.
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.