Narrative:

Aircraft was picked up in sea and MEL requiring oil quantity be checked. Checked and signed off in sea. Upon reaching sna flight was running late. Load was light. Because of time pressure to get flight out, the requirement to check oil quantity was overlooked and no one from maintenance showed up to check. An entry should have been made and signed off in logbook but was not.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT FLOWN WITHOUT REQUIRED OIL QUANTITY CHK.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PICKED UP IN SEA AND MEL REQUIRING OIL QUANTITY BE CHKED. CHKED AND SIGNED OFF IN SEA. UPON REACHING SNA FLT WAS RUNNING LATE. LOAD WAS LIGHT. BECAUSE OF TIME PRESSURE TO GET FLT OUT, THE REQUIREMENT TO CHK OIL QUANTITY WAS OVERLOOKED AND NO ONE FROM MAINT SHOWED UP TO CHK. AN ENTRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AND SIGNED OFF IN LOGBOOK BUT WAS NOT.

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.