Narrative:

Company information indicated the scheduled ship for use. Through the preflight and prestart cockpit set-up, a grounding item on the maintenance log was overlooked. The first officer did not see a broken nose gear door hinge that a training crew had wrote up the night before. I looked but did not see the write-up in the log. The aircraft was flown with an open maintenance write-up -- the flight was from fat to lax and was made without event.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF ACR LTT ACFT OPERATED ACFT ON A SCHEDULED PAX FLT IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION.

Narrative: COMPANY INFO INDICATED THE SCHEDULED SHIP FOR USE. THROUGH THE PREFLT AND PRESTART COCKPIT SET-UP, A GNDING ITEM ON THE MAINT LOG WAS OVERLOOKED. THE FO DID NOT SEE A BROKEN NOSE GEAR DOOR HINGE THAT A TRAINING CREW HAD WROTE UP THE NIGHT BEFORE. I LOOKED BUT DID NOT SEE THE WRITE-UP IN THE LOG. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN WITH AN OPEN MAINT WRITE-UP -- THE FLT WAS FROM FAT TO LAX AND WAS MADE WITHOUT EVENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.