Medium large transport air carrier flight crew depart without logbook.

Attributes
ACN	511920
Time
Date	200105
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	511920
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Flight release had no MEL's or cdl's. ATC gave us a rerte that was different than our original flight plan and we had to reprogram the GPS. Verifying the new clearance with dispatch and reprogramming the GPS took extra time and attention during preflight. Somehow, the logbook was removed and missed in our final preflight. To prevent a recurrence, I suggest a specific holder in the cockpit for the logbook, because our aircraft has no specific location for the logbook.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACR FLT CREW DEPART WITHOUT LOGBOOK.

Narrative: FLT RELEASE HAD NO MEL'S OR CDL'S. ATC GAVE US A RERTE THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN OUR ORIGINAL FLT PLAN AND WE HAD TO REPROGRAM THE GPS. VERIFYING THE NEW CLRNC WITH DISPATCH AND REPROGRAMMING THE GPS TOOK EXTRA TIME AND ATTN DURING PREFLT. SOMEHOW, THE LOGBOOK WAS REMOVED AND MISSED IN OUR FINAL PREFLT. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE, I SUGGEST A SPECIFIC HOLDER IN THE COCKPIT FOR THE LOGBOOK, BECAUSE OUR ACFT HAS NO SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THE LOGBOOK.

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.