A B757-200 aircraft flight crew left with open items in the log book.

Attributes
ACN	749645
Time
Date	200706
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
ASRS Report	749645
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : briefing performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Situations
Publication	Log Book Entry

Narrative:

Left with open items in logbook. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he and the first officer were the outbound crew and company maintenance personnel were available at that station. The chain of events started when the inbound crew made the log write-ups; but covered the inbound flight page and those write-ups with the cardboard used to protect the following flight page from carbon bleed-through when making log reports. Why the cardboard was placed in front of the inbound flight page; no one seems to have that answer. However; when the inbound flight crew originally picked up their flight; their logbook was clean. Reporter also stated what compounded the situation was the failure of the inbound crew to enter the maintenance code discrepancies for those log write-ups via their onboard reporting system. As a result; maintenance had no knowledge of any open discrepancies. Reporter adds he noticed the open items when he removed the cardboard to make a write-up because he just had a pack trip after departure. His company has just reemphasized the requirement that flight crews are to call maintenance upon arrival even though log write-ups were coded and sent via their onboard reporting system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 ACFT FLIGHT CREW LEFT WITH OPEN ITEMS IN THE LOG BOOK.

Narrative: LEFT WITH OPEN ITEMS IN LOGBOOK. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THAT HE AND THE FO WERE THE OUTBOUND CREW AND COMPANY MAINT PERSONNEL WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT STATION. THE CHAIN OF EVENTS STARTED WHEN THE INBOUND CREW MADE THE LOG WRITE-UPS; BUT COVERED THE INBOUND FLIGHT PAGE AND THOSE WRITE-UPS WITH THE CARDBOARD USED TO PROTECT THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT PAGE FROM CARBON BLEED-THROUGH WHEN MAKING LOG REPORTS. WHY THE CARDBOARD WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE INBOUND FLIGHT PAGE; NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE THAT ANSWER. HOWEVER; WHEN THE INBOUND FLT CREW ORIGINALLY PICKED UP THEIR FLIGHT; THEIR LOGBOOK WAS CLEAN. REPORTER ALSO STATED WHAT COMPOUNDED THE SITUATION WAS THE FAILURE OF THE INBOUND CREW TO ENTER THE MAINT CODE DISCREPANCIES FOR THOSE LOG WRITE-UPS VIA THEIR ONBOARD REPORTING SYSTEM. AS A RESULT; MAINT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OPEN DISCREPANCIES. REPORTER ADDS HE NOTICED THE OPEN ITEMS WHEN HE REMOVED THE CARDBOARD TO MAKE A WRITE-UP BECAUSE HE JUST HAD A PACK TRIP AFTER DEPARTURE. HIS COMPANY HAS JUST REEMPHASIZED THE REQUIREMENT THAT FLIGHT CREWS ARE TO CALL MAINT UPON ARRIVAL EVEN THOUGH LOG WRITE-UPS WERE CODED AND SENT VIA THEIR ONBOARD REPORTING SYSTEM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.