Narrative:

Open item in aircraft log. Prior to flight, a review of the aircraft log showed a write-up of an inoperative #1 EPR gauge by the previous crew. Within the same block, and written in different color ink, was an additional entry. This led us to believe the write-up had been corrected. En route the #1 EPR gauge gave incorrect readings. While this new entry was being added to the log it was discovered that the original write-up had never been corrected. Thus we departed ord with an open item in the aircraft log. A more careful review of this log would have prevented this from happening.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW DEPARTED WITH A MAINT DISCREPANCY THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY SIGNED OFF.

Narrative: OPEN ITEM IN ACFT LOG. PRIOR TO FLT, A REVIEW OF THE ACFT LOG SHOWED A WRITE-UP OF AN INOP #1 EPR GAUGE BY THE PREVIOUS CREW. WITHIN THE SAME BLOCK, AND WRITTEN IN DIFFERENT COLOR INK, WAS AN ADDITIONAL ENTRY. THIS LED US TO BELIEVE THE WRITE-UP HAD BEEN CORRECTED. ENRTE THE #1 EPR GAUGE GAVE INCORRECT READINGS. WHILE THIS NEW ENTRY WAS BEING ADDED TO THE LOG IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ORIGINAL WRITE-UP HAD NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. THUS WE DEPARTED ORD WITH AN OPEN ITEM IN THE ACFT LOG. A MORE CAREFUL REVIEW OF THIS LOG WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING.

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.