DC9 crew flew with an open log item.

Attributes
ACN	447880
Time
Date	199909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp.airport
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 20000
ASRS Report	447880
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Consequence	other other Other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

On preflight in msp, found first officer's RMI out of synch and corrected it. Flight was normal to lse. On preflight the next morning, found RMI out of synch again. Looked through logbook for history of problem and found open write-up that had been placed on wrong page. Notified maintenance control. Canceled flight and ferried aircraft to dtw.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 CREW FLEW WITH AN OPEN LOG ITEM.

Narrative: ON PREFLT IN MSP, FOUND FO'S RMI OUT OF SYNCH AND CORRECTED IT. FLT WAS NORMAL TO LSE. ON PREFLT THE NEXT MORNING, FOUND RMI OUT OF SYNCH AGAIN. LOOKED THROUGH LOGBOOK FOR HISTORY OF PROB AND FOUND OPEN WRITE-UP THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON WRONG PAGE. NOTIFIED MAINT CTL. CANCELED FLT AND FERRIED ACFT TO DTW.

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.