Flight crew returns to departure station to obtain maintenance log for aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	327480
Time
Date	199602
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6900 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	327480
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Delayed due to maintenance. Left gate without aircraft logbook. Discovered 15 mins into flight. Returned to gate in ewr. Reclaimed logbook, was redispatched to original destination. Solution: confirm logbook on board as per checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC RETURNS TO DEP STATION TO OBTAIN MAINT LOG FOR ACFT.

Narrative: DELAYED DUE TO MAINT. LEFT GATE WITHOUT ACFT LOGBOOK. DISCOVERED 15 MINS INTO FLT. RETURNED TO GATE IN EWR. RECLAIMED LOGBOOK, WAS REDISPATCHED TO ORIGINAL DEST. SOLUTION: CONFIRM LOGBOOK ON BOARD AS PER CHKLIST.

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.