CRJ700 captain experiences an anti-ice failure after takeoff in an aircraft that had been written up...

Attributes
ACN	989876
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

[We had an] anti-ice failure after takeoff in icing conditions after two previous write-ups by same captain on same aircraft the day before. Pencil-whipped after two previous write-ups and signed off a critical safety system requiring an emergency air-return. Captain previously put on a maintenance 'list' for too many write-ups and this fact complicated his outlook regarding this aircraft's problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ700 Captain experiences an anti-ice failure after takeoff in an aircraft that had been written up twice previously for the same problem. An emergency is declared and flight returns to departure airport.

Narrative: [We had an] anti-ice failure after takeoff in icing conditions after two previous write-ups by same Captain on same aircraft the day before. Pencil-whipped after two previous write-ups and signed off a critical safety system requiring an emergency air-return. Captain previously put on a maintenance 'list' for too many write-ups and this fact complicated his outlook regarding this aircraft's problems.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

CRJ700 captain experiences an anti-ice failure after takeoff in an aircraft that had been written up twice previously for the same problem. An emergency is declared and flight returns to departure airport.