B737 flight crew operated aircraft with a maintenance discrepancy open item.

Attributes
ACN	498090
Time
Date	200012
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	498090
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	oversight : supervisor
Qualification	technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

The previous crew entered a malfunctioning coffee maker into the aircraft logbook and notified maintenance. Maintenance did not fix the coffee maker, or document it as a deferred maintenance item. I inadvertently flew 1 leg (rdu-tpa) with this open maintenance item. I was unaware of my oversight until jan/xa/01 when it was brought to my attention by management. A more timely response by maintenance to known write-ups, and a more thorough review of the aircraft logbook would have avoided this situation. The event was discovered by a ramp check by the FAA on dec/xa/00.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC OPERATED ACFT WITH A MAINT DISCREPANCY OPEN ITEM.

Narrative: THE PREVIOUS CREW ENTERED A MALFUNCTIONING COFFEE MAKER INTO THE ACFT LOGBOOK AND NOTIFIED MAINT. MAINT DID NOT FIX THE COFFEE MAKER, OR DOCUMENT IT AS A DEFERRED MAINT ITEM. I INADVERTENTLY FLEW 1 LEG (RDU-TPA) WITH THIS OPEN MAINT ITEM. I WAS UNAWARE OF MY OVERSIGHT UNTIL JAN/XA/01 WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN BY MGMNT. A MORE TIMELY RESPONSE BY MAINT TO KNOWN WRITE-UPS, AND A MORE THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE ACFT LOGBOOK WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS SIT. THE EVENT WAS DISCOVERED BY A RAMP CHK BY THE FAA ON DEC/XA/00.

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.