A canadair CL65 prior to departure was discovered to have an open logbook 'must fix' 3 day deferred item with no maintenance computer verification the item was repaired.

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Attributes
ACN	468396
Time
Date	200004
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	468396
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : manuals contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Company Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

While inspecting aircraft maintenance log, the captain noticed a deferral that was logged on sunday and had to be fixed within 3 calendar days (excluding the day of occurrence). As per the pilot's flight standards manual and MEL the deferral should have been fixed for flight prior to XA00 on wednesday. Upon arriving at the aircraft at XA00 on wednesday, the deferral was still not complied with. When air carrier maintenance was informed they claimed the deferral was logged in their records at XA00 of the morning on tuesday which would have made the plane legal to fly revenue passenger. The problem was that the deferral was logged in the aircraft logbook late monday night and entered in air carrier maintenance log in ZZZ at XA00 on tuesday. After extensive discussions with the chief pilot and maintenance supervisors, the flight canceled and the plane was flown back from ZZZ to XXX part 91.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CANADAIR CL65 PRIOR TO DEP WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE AN OPEN LOGBOOK 'MUST FIX' 3 DAY DEFERRED ITEM WITH NO MAINT COMPUTER VERIFICATION THE ITEM WAS REPAIRED.

Narrative: WHILE INSPECTING ACFT MAINT LOG, THE CAPT NOTICED A DEFERRAL THAT WAS LOGGED ON SUNDAY AND HAD TO BE FIXED WITHIN 3 CALENDAR DAYS (EXCLUDING THE DAY OF OCCURRENCE). AS PER THE PLT'S FLT STANDARDS MANUAL AND MEL THE DEFERRAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR FLT PRIOR TO XA00 ON WEDNESDAY. UPON ARRIVING AT THE ACFT AT XA00 ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEFERRAL WAS STILL NOT COMPLIED WITH. WHEN ACR MAINT WAS INFORMED THEY CLAIMED THE DEFERRAL WAS LOGGED IN THEIR RECORDS AT XA00 OF THE MORNING ON TUESDAY WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE THE PLANE LEGAL TO FLY REVENUE PAX. THE PROB WAS THAT THE DEFERRAL WAS LOGGED IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND ENTERED IN ACR MAINT LOG IN ZZZ AT XA00 ON TUESDAY. AFTER EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHIEF PLT AND MAINT SUPVRS, THE FLT CANCELED AND THE PLANE WAS FLOWN BACK FROM ZZZ TO XXX PART 91.

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.