An air carrier MD80 captain reports that he flew an aircraft with an improperly written off logbook ...

Attributes
ACN	339510
Time
Date	199606
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	339510
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I departed oak with possible open write-up. ADF had been crew placarded and entered in logbook. However, no balancing write-up accomplished at oak. Assumed write-up legal and departed with aircraft. Side note: attention diverted during pre-departure by having to remove passenger under the influence of alcohol. En route, I took another look at write-up and determined there was a problem with it. I informed maintenance personally and immediately upon arrival at dfw. No resolution to situation as maintenance man disappeared after I talked with him.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MD80 CAPT RPTS THAT HE FLEW AN ACFT WITH AN IMPROPERLY WRITTEN OFF LOGBOOK ENTRY.

Narrative: I DEPARTED OAK WITH POSSIBLE OPEN WRITE-UP. ADF HAD BEEN CREW PLACARDED AND ENTERED IN LOGBOOK. HOWEVER, NO BALANCING WRITE-UP ACCOMPLISHED AT OAK. ASSUMED WRITE-UP LEGAL AND DEPARTED WITH ACFT. SIDE NOTE: ATTN DIVERTED DURING PRE-DEP BY HAVING TO REMOVE PAX UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. ENRTE, I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT WRITE-UP AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A PROB WITH IT. I INFORMED MAINT PERSONALLY AND IMMEDIATELY UPON ARR AT DFW. NO RESOLUTION TO SIT AS MAINT MAN DISAPPEARED AFTER I TALKED WITH HIM.

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.

An air carrier MD80 captain reports that he flew an aircraft with an improperly written off logbook entry.