A B757-200 was dispatched from a maintenance station with an open logbook item.

Attributes
ACN	380830
Time
Date	199709
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	380830
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	380623
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Our flight was delayed by over 1 hour and our aircraft had just come in from mex. Customs and INS seemed to really slow down the process. We were concentrating on several other maintenance items and getting off the gate that we missed an open logbook item. The open item was not to my knowledge called in by the previous crew. The item was left landing light inoperative. We did not discover our mistake until we were at cruising altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED FROM A MAINT STATION WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM.

Narrative: OUR FLT WAS DELAYED BY OVER 1 HR AND OUR ACFT HAD JUST COME IN FROM MEX. CUSTOMS AND INS SEEMED TO REALLY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON SEVERAL OTHER MAINT ITEMS AND GETTING OFF THE GATE THAT WE MISSED AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM. THE OPEN ITEM WAS NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE CALLED IN BY THE PREVIOUS CREW. THE ITEM WAS L LNDG LIGHT INOP. WE DID NOT DISCOVER OUR MISTAKE UNTIL WE WERE AT CRUISING ALT.

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.