Narrative:

I boarded aircraft, reviewed logbook, and performed normal preflight. Flight was conducted with no abnormalities. Turned aircraft over to another crew. Later, I was told that an 'inoperative' sticker had been found placarded to the forward flight attendant panel. It apparently was in reference to the 'forward stairway door open' annunciator light on the flight attendant panel. There had been no placards in the cockpit and nothing on the flight release papers about it. I am now told that there was a write-up in the aircraft logbook about that light. But the discrepancy and repair sections were almost unreadable. Did I fly this aircraft 1 leg with an improperly documented/undocumented MEL? It is possible. A good reminder to review the logbook with a fine tooth comb every flight and question what those 'unreadable' write-ups really are.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 IS DISPATCHED WITH THE FORWARD DOOR WARNING INOP BUT THE MEL PLACARDING AND LOG ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT ACCOMPLISHED.

Narrative: I BOARDED ACFT, REVIEWED LOGBOOK, AND PERFORMED NORMAL PREFLT. FLT WAS CONDUCTED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. TURNED ACFT OVER TO ANOTHER CREW. LATER, I WAS TOLD THAT AN 'INOP' STICKER HAD BEEN FOUND PLACARDED TO THE FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT PANEL. IT APPARENTLY WAS IN REF TO THE 'FORWARD STAIRWAY DOOR OPEN' ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ON THE FLT ATTENDANT PANEL. THERE HAD BEEN NO PLACARDS IN THE COCKPIT AND NOTHING ON THE FLT RELEASE PAPERS ABOUT IT. I AM NOW TOLD THAT THERE WAS A WRITE-UP IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK ABOUT THAT LIGHT. BUT THE DISCREPANCY AND REPAIR SECTIONS WERE ALMOST UNREADABLE. DID I FLY THIS ACFT 1 LEG WITH AN IMPROPERLY DOCUMENTED/UNDOCUMENTED MEL? IT IS POSSIBLE. A GOOD REMINDER TO REVIEW THE LOGBOOK WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB EVERY FLT AND QUESTION WHAT THOSE 'UNREADABLE' WRITE-UPS REALLY ARE.

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.