Narrative:

I received aircraft from the previous captain who related to me that on his first leg in aircraft between cho and bwi that at approximately 180 KIAS the aircraft began to shake. The crew split the controls and found the vibration to be coming from the first officer's control wheel. Reconnected the controls and wrote it up in the maintenance log. Maintenance signed it off as an 'information write up' and did nothing else of corrective action. I don't feel that maintenance control has the authority/authorized to sign a log book write up off as 'information write up', that is the responsibility of the person making log book entry and feel that I flew an aircraft that was not sufficiently cleared.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MAINT SIGN OFF OF CTL VIBRATION PROB AS 'INFO WRITE UP' AND NO CORRECTIVE WORK DONE.

Narrative: I RECEIVED ACFT FROM THE PREVIOUS CAPT WHO RELATED TO ME THAT ON HIS FIRST LEG IN ACFT BTWN CHO AND BWI THAT AT APPROX 180 KIAS THE ACFT BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CREW SPLIT THE CTLS AND FOUND THE VIBRATION TO BE COMING FROM THE FO'S CTL WHEEL. RECONNECTED THE CTLS AND WROTE IT UP IN THE MAINT LOG. MAINT SIGNED IT OFF AS AN 'INFO WRITE UP' AND DID NOTHING ELSE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION. I DON'T FEEL THAT MAINT CTL HAS THE AUTH TO SIGN A LOG BOOK WRITE UP OFF AS 'INFO WRITE UP', THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON MAKING LOG BOOK ENTRY AND FEEL THAT I FLEW AN ACFT THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY CLRED.

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.