An air carrier A300 flight crew departed without having the aircraft logbook on board.

Attributes
ACN	366110
Time
Date	199704
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	366110
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure 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

Narrative:

Captain thought he visually saw the aircraft log on cockpit jump seat prior to departure. Minor confusion in cockpit from passenger wallet to be carried to heathrow. Logbook en route lhr on following jfk to lhr flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR A300 FLC DEPARTED WITHOUT HAVING THE ACFT LOGBOOK ON BOARD.

Narrative: CAPT THOUGHT HE VISUALLY SAW THE ACFT LOG ON COCKPIT JUMP SEAT PRIOR TO DEP. MINOR CONFUSION IN COCKPIT FROM PAX WALLET TO BE CARRIED TO HEATHROW. LOGBOOK ENRTE LHR ON FOLLOWING JFK TO LHR FLT.

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.