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Air carrier captain reported failure to enter a maintenance discrepancy in log book. Captain was distracted due to an extended briefing with the flight attendants regarding the personal impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1758726 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On a quick turn at ZZZ I closed out the flight and walked up to the terminal and spoke with the gate agent. I asked for number of passengers on the outbound flight among other things.when I walked back down the jetway; a ramper showed me a photo of the inside of the cargo door where a nut was missing. I acknowledged that I intended to write up the maintenance issue.I stopped in the forward galley to perform the flight attendant (flight attendant) briefing. It took longer due to side talking about flight attendant's personal impact from covid.I got the cockpit and prepared the plane for the next flight forgetting to write up the maintenance issue (cargo door missing nut). I did not make the first officer aware of the issue. Quick turn. Distracted.pilots should verify maintenance issues first hand at the time it is brought to their attention. Pilots should write up all maintenance issues prior to beginning next flight. Pilots should follow the write up with a call to maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported failure to enter a maintenance discrepancy in log book. Captain was distracted due to an extended briefing with the Flight Attendants regarding the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Narrative: On a quick turn at ZZZ I closed out the flight and walked up to the terminal and spoke with the gate agent. I asked for number of passengers on the outbound flight among other things.When I walked back down the jetway; a ramper showed me a photo of the inside of the cargo door where a nut was missing. I acknowledged that I intended to write up the maintenance issue.I stopped in the forward galley to perform the Flight Attendant (FA) Briefing. It took longer due to side talking about FA's personal impact from COVID.I got the cockpit and prepared the plane for the next flight forgetting to write up the maintenance issue (cargo door missing nut). I did not make the First Officer aware of the issue. Quick turn. Distracted.Pilots should verify maintenance issues first hand at the time it is brought to their attention. Pilots should write up all maintenance issues prior to beginning next flight. Pilots should follow the write up with a call to maintenance.
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.