A B727 crew leaves dfw with an open item in their logbook, a wet galley rug that had been replaced.

Attributes
ACN	458360
Time
Date	199912
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : preflight ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier government : faa
Function	controller : local flight crew : first officer
Qualification	controller : radar pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	458360
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	458361
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Left the gate with open item in logbook. The wet galley rug had been replaced, but due to misunderstandings in intercockpit communications and predep distrs the logbook was not signed off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 CREW LEAVES DFW WITH AN OPEN ITEM IN THEIR LOGBOOK, A WET GALLEY RUG THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED.

Narrative: LEFT THE GATE WITH OPEN ITEM IN LOGBOOK. THE WET GALLEY RUG HAD BEEN REPLACED, BUT DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN INTERCOCKPIT COMS AND PREDEP DISTRS THE LOGBOOK WAS NOT SIGNED OFF.

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.