Narrative:

Early departure out of ZZZ after routine overnight. Discovered 3 discrepancies on walkaround preflight. First officer entered discrepancies in maintenance logbook. Advised company maintenance of discrepancies. Mechanic arrived at airport and advised he had checked out the problems and we were good to go. Gave the maintenance log to mechanic to clear discrepancies. Advised station to board flight. Inadvertently completed all flight preparation without logbook being returned. Pushed back and started taxi. I then discovered I had left the logbook. At the same time ground control advised us to contact company station. We returned to gate, picked up maintenance log with discrepancies cleared and departed normally.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FOKKER 28-4000 ON TAXI OUT FOR TKOF RETURNED TO THE GATE DUE TO DISCOVERY THAT THE LOGBOOK WAS NOT BOARDED.

Narrative: EARLY DEP OUT OF ZZZ AFTER ROUTINE OVERNIGHT. DISCOVERED 3 DISCREPANCIES ON WALKAROUND PREFLT. FO ENTERED DISCREPANCIES IN MAINT LOGBOOK. ADVISED COMPANY MAINT OF DISCREPANCIES. MECH ARRIVED AT ARPT AND ADVISED HE HAD CHKED OUT THE PROBS AND WE WERE GOOD TO GO. GAVE THE MAINT LOG TO MECH TO CLR DISCREPANCIES. ADVISED STATION TO BOARD FLT. INADVERTENTLY COMPLETED ALL FLT PREPARATION WITHOUT LOGBOOK BEING RETURNED. PUSHED BACK AND STARTED TAXI. I THEN DISCOVERED I HAD LEFT THE LOGBOOK. AT THE SAME TIME GND CTL ADVISED US TO CONTACT COMPANY STATION. WE RETURNED TO GATE, PICKED UP MAINT LOG WITH DISCREPANCIES CLRED AND DEPARTED NORMALLY.

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.