Narrative:

Event was a nonflying problem having to do with aircraft logbook. Aircraft was a maintenance taxi up to gate. Aircraft was late to gate. In trying to maintain schedule, I overlooked a maintenance write-up in logbook. The pages had been turned over (folded) which indicated no open write-ups. As maintenance had taxied aircraft to the gate, I assumed there were no open write-ups. The one open write-up was several pages back in the aircraft logbook. On parking at destination dtw, I discovered the error when I put fuel on board into the logbook. This situation was out of the ordinary (maintenance taxi up) and because of that, I should have been more aware. Maintaining schedule does not mean rushing your preflight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CAPT INADVERTENTLY FLEW A LEG WITH AN OPEN LOGBOOK ITEM.

Narrative: EVENT WAS A NONFLYING PROB HAVING TO DO WITH ACFT LOGBOOK. ACFT WAS A MAINT TAXI UP TO GATE. ACFT WAS LATE TO GATE. IN TRYING TO MAINTAIN SCHEDULE, I OVERLOOKED A MAINT WRITE-UP IN LOGBOOK. THE PAGES HAD BEEN TURNED OVER (FOLDED) WHICH INDICATED NO OPEN WRITE-UPS. AS MAINT HAD TAXIED ACFT TO THE GATE, I ASSUMED THERE WERE NO OPEN WRITE-UPS. THE ONE OPEN WRITE-UP WAS SEVERAL PAGES BACK IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. ON PARKING AT DEST DTW, I DISCOVERED THE ERROR WHEN I PUT FUEL ON BOARD INTO THE LOGBOOK. THIS SIT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY (MAINT TAXI UP) AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE. MAINTAINING SCHEDULE DOES NOT MEAN RUSHING YOUR PREFLT.

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.