<< >> NASA ASRS Report 356541, December 1996

B727 crew flew trip with an open logbook item when a new so failed to note that the item should be cleared by maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	356541
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1700 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	356541
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	356384
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
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

Narrative:

On my preflight inspection of the aircraft maintenance logbook, I noted a gripe written by the previous crew that the autoplt was 'very sensitive.' it was my fourth flight as a flight engineer and to me, the writeup sounded like an information only writeup, and maintenance would wait until the end of the day to do anything since it was not imperative to safe flight. I notified the captain of the gripe during the before start checklist under 'logbook.' he told me at that time that the previous captain debriefed him about the jerky autoplt, so I did not show him the logbook. At the completion of the rotation(3 flts later), I wrote up an additional gripe and showed him the logbook to see if he had any additional input. It was then that he brought it to my attention that the sensitive autoplt was not signed off. I told the captain that I thought it was just an information only input. He informed me that anything and everything must be signed off before we fly.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW FLEW TRIP WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM WHEN A NEW SO FAILED TO NOTE THAT THE ITEM SHOULD BE CLRED BY MAINT.

Narrative: ON MY PREFLT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK, I NOTED A GRIPE WRITTEN BY THE PREVIOUS CREW THAT THE AUTOPLT WAS 'VERY SENSITIVE.' IT WAS MY FOURTH FLT AS A FE AND TO ME, THE WRITEUP SOUNDED LIKE AN INFO ONLY WRITEUP, AND MAINT WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TO DO ANYTHING SINCE IT WAS NOT IMPERATIVE TO SAFE FLT. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT OF THE GRIPE DURING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST UNDER 'LOGBOOK.' HE TOLD ME AT THAT TIME THAT THE PREVIOUS CAPT DEBRIEFED HIM ABOUT THE JERKY AUTOPLT, SO I DID NOT SHOW HIM THE LOGBOOK. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE ROTATION(3 FLTS LATER), I WROTE UP AN ADDITIONAL GRIPE AND SHOWED HIM THE LOGBOOK TO SEE IF HE HAD ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT. IT WAS THEN THAT HE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTN THAT THE SENSITIVE AUTOPLT WAS NOT SIGNED OFF. I TOLD THE CAPT THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN INFO ONLY INPUT. HE INFORMED ME THAT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MUST BE SIGNED OFF BEFORE WE FLY.

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.