Widebody transport flight crew departs without logbooks on board.

Attributes
ACN	233537
Time
Date	199302
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	233537
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Maintenance and cabin logbooks were not on aircraft when I arrived. Should have called maintenance immediately but got involved in cockpit preflight and forgot. First officer read before starting engine checklist and I answered that they were aboard. Realized they were not on board when flight attendant had a minor entry to make in cabin log during flight. I should have been more thorough and rechked for logbooks when checklist was read.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLC DEPARTS WITHOUT LOGBOOKS ON BOARD.

Narrative: MAINT AND CABIN LOGBOOKS WERE NOT ON ACFT WHEN I ARRIVED. SHOULD HAVE CALLED MAINT IMMEDIATELY BUT GOT INVOLVED IN COCKPIT PREFLT AND FORGOT. FO READ BEFORE STARTING ENG CHKLIST AND I ANSWERED THAT THEY WERE ABOARD. REALIZED THEY WERE NOT ON BOARD WHEN FLT ATTENDANT HAD A MINOR ENTRY TO MAKE IN CABIN LOG DURING FLT. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THOROUGH AND RECHKED FOR LOGBOOKS WHEN CHKLIST WAS READ.

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.