Narrative:

I was deplaning after a 2-DAY trip. After leaving L-1 door area, the 'a' flight attendant mentioned that the L-1 door handle popped up an inch or so during flight, but it operated normally after landing. As he was telling me this, I caught the eye of the oncoming first officer who nodded in acknowledgement of the problem. He left to do his walkaround and I went home. I found out later that the oncoming first officer did not hear the entire conversation and assumed I had written it up. I assumed that he acknowledged the problem, understood it, and would write it up. Maintenance was called, talked to the flight attendant, operations checked it ok and made a note in the computer records. The door was safe, was operationally checked and an entry made by maintenance in the maintenance log. In my haste, I did not return to the aircraft and make a logbook entry. I assumed the oncoming crew was involved and would follow up with any subsequent write-up.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: IN HIS HASTE TO GET HOME, THE RPTR ASSUMED THAT THE ONCOMING CREW HAD OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION HE WAS HAVING WITH HIS 'A' FLT ATTENDANT REGARDING A MALFUNCTIONING DOOR HANDLE. HE LEFT THE ACFT WITHOUT ENTERING IT IN THE MAINT LOG, ASSUMING THE NEXT CREW WOULD. SINCE THE ONCOMING CREW DID NOT HEAR THE CONVERSATION, THEY DID NOT ENTER THE ITEM. THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED AFTER THE RPTR CONTACTED MAINT AT A LATER TIME.

Narrative: I WAS DEPLANING AFTER A 2-DAY TRIP. AFTER LEAVING L-1 DOOR AREA, THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT MENTIONED THAT THE L-1 DOOR HANDLE POPPED UP AN INCH OR SO DURING FLT, BUT IT OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER LNDG. AS HE WAS TELLING ME THIS, I CAUGHT THE EYE OF THE ONCOMING FO WHO NODDED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE PROB. HE LEFT TO DO HIS WALKAROUND AND I WENT HOME. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE ONCOMING FO DID NOT HEAR THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION AND ASSUMED I HAD WRITTEN IT UP. I ASSUMED THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROB, UNDERSTOOD IT, AND WOULD WRITE IT UP. MAINT WAS CALLED, TALKED TO THE FLT ATTENDANT, OPS CHKED IT OK AND MADE A NOTE IN THE COMPUTER RECORDS. THE DOOR WAS SAFE, WAS OPERATIONALLY CHKED AND AN ENTRY MADE BY MAINT IN THE MAINT LOG. IN MY HASTE, I DID NOT RETURN TO THE ACFT AND MAKE A LOGBOOK ENTRY. I ASSUMED THE ONCOMING CREW WAS INVOLVED AND WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH ANY SUBSEQUENT WRITE-UP.

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.