Narrative:

Experienced brief encounter with severe turbulence. Filed PIREP and notified dispatcher. No injuries and no damage, but aircraft briefly out of control (ACARS level 5). Dispatcher advised he would arrange required inspection. Forgot to make required logbook entry. Dispatcher's comment regarding inspection seemed to bring closure. Inspection not performed in lax account breakdown in communications with local maintenance facility. Subsequent inspection (after 2 legs flown) revealed no damage. Supplemental information from acn 368705: other flts reporting rough ride in vicinity. Seat belt signs on. Flight attendants seated and briefed prior to encounter. No injury to anyone. A liquor cart toppled on side. A flight operations manager informed me after the flight that a position report used the term severe turbulence, which would require a logbook entry, and aircraft inspection. I did not hear the position report, so cannot say whether that was the case. No crew member felt the encounter was of a magnitude that called for an inspection, and the captain so informed dispatch.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 FLC RUNS INTO CLR AIR TURB AND GIVES A PIREP. THEY THEN MAY HAVE GIVEN A DIFFERENT LEVEL TO DISPATCH WHO WAS GOING TO ADVISE MAINT CTL. CREW FELT ACFT DID NOT NEED INSPECTION YET PIC SAYS HE 'FORGOT' TO MAKE 'SEVERE TURB' ENTRY IN LOGBOOK. ACFT FLOWN 2 SUBSEQUENT LEGS PRIOR TO CORRECTING DEFICIENCY.

Narrative: EXPERIENCED BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH SEVERE TURB. FILED PIREP AND NOTIFIED DISPATCHER. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE, BUT ACFT BRIEFLY OUT OF CTL (ACARS LEVEL 5). DISPATCHER ADVISED HE WOULD ARRANGE REQUIRED INSPECTION. FORGOT TO MAKE REQUIRED LOGBOOK ENTRY. DISPATCHER'S COMMENT REGARDING INSPECTION SEEMED TO BRING CLOSURE. INSPECTION NOT PERFORMED IN LAX ACCOUNT BREAKDOWN IN COMS WITH LCL MAINT FACILITY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION (AFTER 2 LEGS FLOWN) REVEALED NO DAMAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 368705: OTHER FLTS RPTING ROUGH RIDE IN VICINITY. SEAT BELT SIGNS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS SEATED AND BRIEFED PRIOR TO ENCOUNTER. NO INJURY TO ANYONE. A LIQUOR CART TOPPLED ON SIDE. A FLT OPS MGR INFORMED ME AFTER THE FLT THAT A POS RPT USED THE TERM SEVERE TURB, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A LOGBOOK ENTRY, AND ACFT INSPECTION. I DID NOT HEAR THE POS RPT, SO CANNOT SAY WHETHER THAT WAS THE CASE. NO CREW MEMBER FELT THE ENCOUNTER WAS OF A MAGNITUDE THAT CALLED FOR AN INSPECTION, AND THE CAPT SO INFORMED DISPATCH.

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.