A large 2 engine transport was dispatched in non compliance with an open unanswered log report.

Attributes
ACN	481620
Time
Date	200008
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	481620
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 1300 flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	481627
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : birds maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance 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 other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Departed ZZZ believing logbook had no open write-ups. On arrival in sfo, discovered that although first my log page was empty, a second page was stuck behind it with an open write-up for a 'small bird strike.' we called maintenance in sfo and alerted them to our situation. Several things contributed to this. The inbound flight to ZZZ was an international arrival. Maintenance does not consistently meet those flts making it easier to overlook write-ups. Secondly, the inbound captain made the write-up on a log page other than the first open one and we didn't look past the first open page.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LARGE 2 ENG TRANSPORT WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN OPEN UNANSWERED LOG RPT.

Narrative: DEPARTED ZZZ BELIEVING LOGBOOK HAD NO OPEN WRITE-UPS. ON ARR IN SFO, DISCOVERED THAT ALTHOUGH FIRST MY LOG PAGE WAS EMPTY, A SECOND PAGE WAS STUCK BEHIND IT WITH AN OPEN WRITE-UP FOR A 'SMALL BIRD STRIKE.' WE CALLED MAINT IN SFO AND ALERTED THEM TO OUR SIT. SEVERAL THINGS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. THE INBOUND FLT TO ZZZ WAS AN INTL ARR. MAINT DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY MEET THOSE FLTS MAKING IT EASIER TO OVERLOOK WRITE-UPS. SECONDLY, THE INBOUND CAPT MADE THE WRITE-UP ON A LOG PAGE OTHER THAN THE FIRST OPEN ONE AND WE DIDN'T LOOK PAST THE FIRST OPEN PAGE.

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.