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Captain of a B767 failed to obtain maintenance aircraft logbook sign off acknowledging aircraft status from prior flight as airworthy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 449660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 449660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Reviewed logbook prior to departure and signed last entry with my initials indicating my accomplishment of review. The last entry made by the previous crew was information to maintenance, the idg's worked normally. I and my first officer thought that this entry did not require a balancing entry by maintenance. After arrival at gate at lax and signing the logbook, I called lax maintenance to see if they would look at the information entry to determine if it needed a balancing entry by maintenance. While on my layover I also called B767 technician services and they informed me that normally every numbered entry needs a balancing entry. In the future if I see a numbered entry I will make sure that it has a balancing entry by maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B767 FAILED TO OBTAIN MAINT ACFT LOGBOOK SIGN OFF ACKNOWLEDGING ACFT STATUS FROM PRIOR FLT AS AIRWORTHY.
Narrative: REVIEWED LOGBOOK PRIOR TO DEP AND SIGNED LAST ENTRY WITH MY INITIALS INDICATING MY ACCOMPLISHMENT OF REVIEW. THE LAST ENTRY MADE BY THE PREVIOUS CREW WAS INFO TO MAINT, THE IDG'S WORKED NORMALLY. I AND MY FO THOUGHT THAT THIS ENTRY DID NOT REQUIRE A BALANCING ENTRY BY MAINT. AFTER ARR AT GATE AT LAX AND SIGNING THE LOGBOOK, I CALLED LAX MAINT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE INFO ENTRY TO DETERMINE IF IT NEEDED A BALANCING ENTRY BY MAINT. WHILE ON MY LAYOVER I ALSO CALLED B767 TECHNICIAN SVCS AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT NORMALLY EVERY NUMBERED ENTRY NEEDS A BALANCING ENTRY. IN THE FUTURE IF I SEE A NUMBERED ENTRY I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS A BALANCING ENTRY BY 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.