A B757-200 was dispatched in non compliance with an open logbook report unanswered.

Attributes
ACN	426520
Time
Date	199901
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	426520
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	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	other

Narrative:

Inadvertently pushed back from gate with item open in logbook regarding coffeemaker that had overbrewed on previous flight. Called ZZZ maintenance for guidance. ZZZ maintenance advised since coffeemaker was not safety of flight item, and was not overbrewing now, turn off and have sfo maintenance fix. I specifically asked if that was ok and legal. They said, yes -- had had to do same thing in past before, was not safety related. I asked again, said I did not want to violate any rule. Again was informed no need for signoff as was not safety of flight or airworthiness item. I later wrote information to maintenance item in log to conform with section C of MEL preface. As coffeemaker is neither MEL/cdl or safety item, assume I complied correctly but am not sure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK RPT UNANSWERED.

Narrative: INADVERTENTLY PUSHED BACK FROM GATE WITH ITEM OPEN IN LOGBOOK REGARDING COFFEEMAKER THAT HAD OVERBREWED ON PREVIOUS FLT. CALLED ZZZ MAINT FOR GUIDANCE. ZZZ MAINT ADVISED SINCE COFFEEMAKER WAS NOT SAFETY OF FLT ITEM, AND WAS NOT OVERBREWING NOW, TURN OFF AND HAVE SFO MAINT FIX. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THAT WAS OK AND LEGAL. THEY SAID, YES -- HAD HAD TO DO SAME THING IN PAST BEFORE, WAS NOT SAFETY RELATED. I ASKED AGAIN, SAID I DID NOT WANT TO VIOLATE ANY RULE. AGAIN WAS INFORMED NO NEED FOR SIGNOFF AS WAS NOT SAFETY OF FLT OR AIRWORTHINESS ITEM. I LATER WROTE INFO TO MAINT ITEM IN LOG TO CONFORM WITH SECTION C OF MEL PREFACE. AS COFFEEMAKER IS NEITHER MEL/CDL OR SAFETY ITEM, ASSUME I COMPLIED CORRECTLY BUT AM NOT SURE.

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.