First officer reported that distraction caused him to forget to inform the captain and maintenance a...

Narrative:

I tore the crew listing off the blank ATIS sheets to put on the captain's side by the hgs dim control knob. The hgs was MEL'ed and had a stricter under the dim control knob. I didn't want to cover up the sticker; so I elected to try and put the crew listing on the ledge above the lower du. When I tried to balance it there; it slipped behind the lower du. I should have stopped what I was doing right then; told the captain; and called maintenance. Instead; I elected to do my walkaround and inform everyone after; in case I found something else on the walkaround. I completed my walkaround uneventfully and got sidetracked with conversation with the gate attendant; flight attendants; and captain as I completed my preflight duties and completely forgot about the crew listing slipping behind the lower du. After completing the flights for the day and getting to the hotel; I remembered I didn't report the incident. I called my chief pilot and the on call chief pilot to report it. I talked to the maintenance rep and told him the story too. The maintenance rep told me the aircraft was due to land in ZZZ and they would check it out; but felt it was not a going to be a problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer reported that distraction caused him to forget to inform the Captain and Maintenance about an issue.

Narrative: I tore the Crew listing off the blank ATIS sheets to put on the Captain's side by the HGS dim control knob. The HGS was MEL'ed and had a stricter under the dim control knob. I didn't want to cover up the sticker; so I elected to try and put the Crew listing on the ledge above the lower DU. When I tried to balance it there; it slipped behind the lower DU. I should have stopped what I was doing right then; told the Captain; and called Maintenance. Instead; I elected to do my walkaround and inform everyone after; in case I found something else on the walkaround. I completed my walkaround uneventfully and got sidetracked with conversation with the Gate Attendant; Flight Attendants; and Captain as I completed my preflight duties and completely forgot about the Crew listing slipping behind the lower DU. After completing the flights for the day and getting to the hotel; I remembered I didn't report the incident. I called my Chief Pilot and the on call Chief Pilot to report it. I talked to the Maintenance Rep and told him the story too. The Maintenance Rep told me the aircraft was due to land in ZZZ and they would check it out; but felt it was not a going to be a problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1714005
Time
Date	201912
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 283
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

First officer reported that distraction caused him to forget to inform the captain and maintenance about an issue.