A B737-700 captain failed to write up a severe turbulence encounter during which two flight attendan...

Narrative:

Encountered severe turbulence on climbout. Flight attendants were up and serving. I contacted the flight attendants after the turbulence event and asked if they were ok. They stated they thought they were ok; but were shaken up. Encountered moderate turbulence in descent and executed ILS approach to minimums. After shutdown at gate; my first officer asked if the aircraft required a writeup. I stated; 'I don't think so.' at this time I opened the cabin door and found out that two of the flight attendants did in fact receive injuries during the turbulence. I got caught up in assessing the flight attendants' injuries. The flight attendants ultimately determined they did not need emergency medical care and we proceeded to the hotel. After arrival at the hotel; I replayed the event in my head to see if I had covered all the bases. I then remembered the first officer asking about the logbook writeup. I referenced the fom and could not find anywhere that it stated to make the writeup. I only found out that I had not completed the appropriate logbook entry when the assistant chief pilot called me this morning. He stated that it even took him 'some digging' to find were it directed to make the logbook entry. An appropriate corrective action would be to amend the fom to direct the reader to information regarding incident and accident reporting.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-700 Captain failed to write up a severe turbulence encounter during which two flight attendants suffered minor injuries.

Narrative: Encountered severe turbulence on climbout. Flight Attendants were up and serving. I contacted the Flight Attendants after the turbulence event and asked if they were OK. They stated they thought they were OK; but were shaken up. Encountered moderate turbulence in descent and executed ILS approach to minimums. After shutdown at gate; my First Officer asked if the aircraft required a writeup. I stated; 'I don't think so.' At this time I opened the cabin door and found out that two of the Flight Attendants did in fact receive injuries during the turbulence. I got caught up in assessing the Flight Attendants' injuries. The Flight Attendants ultimately determined they did not need emergency medical care and we proceeded to the hotel. After arrival at the hotel; I replayed the event in my head to see if I had covered all the bases. I then remembered the First Officer asking about the logbook writeup. I referenced the FOM and could not find anywhere that it stated to make the writeup. I only found out that I had not completed the appropriate logbook entry when the Assistant Chief Pilot called me this morning. He stated that it even took him 'some digging' to find were it directed to make the logbook entry. An appropriate corrective action would be to amend the FOM to direct the reader to information regarding incident and accident reporting.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	880816
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 97 Flight Crew Type 8500
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 117
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

A B737-700 captain failed to write up a severe turbulence encounter during which two flight attendants suffered minor injuries.