An S80 flight crew does not place the required placard in the aircraft's logbook regarding a deferred MEL item. The aircraft departed fll and the error is not discovered until the next morning at the arrival airport.

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Attributes
ACN	415170
Time
Date	199809
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
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	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	415170
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	415171
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe 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	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On the inbound leg, we wrote up a flight crew placardable item. We met the requirements of the MEL then departed, but failed to put the flight crew placard portion in the log. This oversight was pointed out to me by the outbound captain the next day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN S80 FLC DOES NOT PLACE THE REQUIRED PLACARD IN THE ACFT'S LOGBOOK REGARDING A DEFERRED MEL ITEM. THE ACFT DEPARTED FLL AND THE ERROR IS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING AT THE ARR ARPT.

Narrative: ON THE INBOUND LEG, WE WROTE UP A FLC PLACARDABLE ITEM. WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEL THEN DEPARTED, BUT FAILED TO PUT THE FLC PLACARD PORTION IN THE LOG. THIS OVERSIGHT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME BY THE OUTBOUND CAPT THE NEXT DAY.

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.