Narrative:

We remained overnight in sdf mar/xb/98, and flew this aircraft 1 leg from sdf to tpa on mar/xc/98. The aircraft had remained overnight in bwi mar/xa/98, and the crew wrote up the first officer's seat as having a broken thigh support but they did not discuss it with maintenance or dispatch, they just assumed maintenance would see it that night in bwi. The aircraft flew bwi to mdw on mar/xc/98, and had a crew change in mdw and that crew brought it to us in sdf. We took over the aircraft in sdf on a crew change but since there were no deferred maintenance or MEL items annotated on the dispatch release or in the logbook we did not see the write-up. I don't know what page the write-up was on but it must have been prior to the last airworthiness release annotated in the logbook or I believe we would have seen it. The left thigh support was not as rigid as the right one but it certainly posed no problem whatsoever and it's not something I believe should have been written up. We were made aware of this by a phone call at the hotel in tpa from one of our chief pilots, who suggested we file this report, since technically we had flown the aircraft with an open write-up. I think the key to preventing something like this is communication and education. When an aircraft is terminated if the crew writes something up it should be discussed with maintenance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-200 FLC FLIES THEIR ACFT WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM REGARDING THE BROKEN THIGH SUPPORT ON THE FO'S SEAT.

Narrative: WE REMAINED OVERNIGHT IN SDF MAR/XB/98, AND FLEW THIS ACFT 1 LEG FROM SDF TO TPA ON MAR/XC/98. THE ACFT HAD REMAINED OVERNIGHT IN BWI MAR/XA/98, AND THE CREW WROTE UP THE FO'S SEAT AS HAVING A BROKEN THIGH SUPPORT BUT THEY DID NOT DISCUSS IT WITH MAINT OR DISPATCH, THEY JUST ASSUMED MAINT WOULD SEE IT THAT NIGHT IN BWI. THE ACFT FLEW BWI TO MDW ON MAR/XC/98, AND HAD A CREW CHANGE IN MDW AND THAT CREW BROUGHT IT TO US IN SDF. WE TOOK OVER THE ACFT IN SDF ON A CREW CHANGE BUT SINCE THERE WERE NO DEFERRED MAINT OR MEL ITEMS ANNOTATED ON THE DISPATCH RELEASE OR IN THE LOGBOOK WE DID NOT SEE THE WRITE-UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE THE WRITE-UP WAS ON BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN PRIOR TO THE LAST AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE ANNOTATED IN THE LOGBOOK OR I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT. THE L THIGH SUPPORT WAS NOT AS RIGID AS THE R ONE BUT IT CERTAINLY POSED NO PROB WHATSOEVER AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP. WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS BY A PHONE CALL AT THE HOTEL IN TPA FROM ONE OF OUR CHIEF PLTS, WHO SUGGESTED WE FILE THIS RPT, SINCE TECHNICALLY WE HAD FLOWN THE ACFT WITH AN OPEN WRITE-UP. I THINK THE KEY TO PREVENTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS COM AND EDUCATION. WHEN AN ACFT IS TERMINATED IF THE CREW WRITES SOMETHING UP IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH MAINT.

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.