Narrative:

Aircraft X was operated inadvertently by 3 crews on aug/xb/01 and aug/xc/01 with an open maintenance write-up. The maintenance write-up was for a missing ask tray in the aircraft lavatory. There were no safety issues involved. The missing ashtray was opened on log page XXX on aug/xa/01 by maintenance personnel. Subsequently many other items were written up on the airplane and were duly cleared by maintenance. Numerous log pages were employed in this process, as well as several pages for flying. This write-up was not reflected in the current or immediately previous packet of logbook pages. The log page with the write-up was now 'retired' to another spot in the aircraft and not kept with the 'active' pages. Despite a thorough check of the log entries on the current and previous logbook, the missing ashtray was missed by my crew, a previous crew, and a subsequent crew. During the day (aug/xb/01) the aircraft underwent a daily service check by maintenance. The maintenance crew also missed the missing ashtray write-up. Suggest that all log pages with write-ups be kept with the recent pages until all write-ups have been cleared.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DORNIER 328 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAVATORY ASHTRAY MISSING AND THE LAVATORY IN USE IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEL REQUIREMENT.

Narrative: ACFT X WAS OPERATED INADVERTENTLY BY 3 CREWS ON AUG/XB/01 AND AUG/XC/01 WITH AN OPEN MAINT WRITE-UP. THE MAINT WRITE-UP WAS FOR A MISSING ASK TRAY IN THE ACFT LAVATORY. THERE WERE NO SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED. THE MISSING ASHTRAY WAS OPENED ON LOG PAGE XXX ON AUG/XA/01 BY MAINT PERSONNEL. SUBSEQUENTLY MANY OTHER ITEMS WERE WRITTEN UP ON THE AIRPLANE AND WERE DULY CLRED BY MAINT. NUMEROUS LOG PAGES WERE EMPLOYED IN THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PAGES FOR FLYING. THIS WRITE-UP WAS NOT REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT OR IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS PACKET OF LOGBOOK PAGES. THE LOG PAGE WITH THE WRITE-UP WAS NOW 'RETIRED' TO ANOTHER SPOT IN THE ACFT AND NOT KEPT WITH THE 'ACTIVE' PAGES. DESPITE A THOROUGH CHK OF THE LOG ENTRIES ON THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS LOGBOOK, THE MISSING ASHTRAY WAS MISSED BY MY CREW, A PREVIOUS CREW, AND A SUBSEQUENT CREW. DURING THE DAY (AUG/XB/01) THE ACFT UNDERWENT A DAILY SVC CHK BY MAINT. THE MAINT CREW ALSO MISSED THE MISSING ASHTRAY WRITE-UP. SUGGEST THAT ALL LOG PAGES WITH WRITE-UPS BE KEPT WITH THE RECENT PAGES UNTIL ALL WRITE-UPS HAVE BEEN CLRED.

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.