A B727 air carrier flight crew departed the gate with an open item in the maintenance log.

Attributes
ACN	433260
Time
Date	199904
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
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
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	433260
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	433259
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Inbound crew wrote up first officer yoke clip in the log. Failed to get maintenance signoff prior to departure at phl.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 ACR FLC DEPARTED THE GATE WITH AN OPEN ITEM IN THE MAINT LOG.

Narrative: INBOUND CREW WROTE UP FO YOKE CLIP IN THE LOG. FAILED TO GET MAINT SIGNOFF PRIOR TO DEP AT PHL.

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.