Medium large transport crew had no airworthiness release after maintenance had been performed.

Attributes
ACN	446080
Time
Date	199908
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tpa.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 20500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	446080
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

On preflight inspection of aircraft logbook, noted previous write-up of a possible lightning strike which had been signed off by maintenance. Assuming all required inspections had been accomplished, we flew the aircraft from tpa-stl-tpa with no problems. Evidently a new airworthiness release was required but was not accomplished prior to the flts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CREW HAD NO AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE AFTER MAINT HAD BEEN PERFORMED.

Narrative: ON PREFLT INSPECTION OF ACFT LOGBOOK, NOTED PREVIOUS WRITE-UP OF A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE WHICH HAD BEEN SIGNED OFF BY MAINT. ASSUMING ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, WE FLEW THE ACFT FROM TPA-STL-TPA WITH NO PROBS. EVIDENTLY A NEW AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE WAS REQUIRED BUT WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THE FLTS.

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.