Flight crew fails to document aircraft problem in logbook at outlying station for signoff by contrac...

Attributes
ACN	533976
Time
Date	200112
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 21000 flight time type : 17000
ASRS Report	533976
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Giving a line check. During boarding process, ramp personnel noted hydraulic fluid under right main gear. Contract maintenance was called. Mechanic stated a brake line was leaking. Delay ensued with no parts available at ZZZ. Temperature at ZZZ was 19 degrees F and jetway was cold. I walked up to gate area to warm up. Shortly, an operations agent summoned me to the airplane stating the leak was fixed. I went into cockpit and captain stated the mechanic tightened a fitting and stopped the leak. By the time I was strapped in, we were pushing and starting engines. As we started taxi, I pulled the logbook out and the captain said he didn't write it up. The airplane arrived at ZZZ 30 mins late. We finally pushed about 1 hour late. I told the captain that I would have put a write-up in the book. On arrival at hou, the report said the delay was due to captain conferring with maintenance. If I had to do it again, I would have told the captain to return to the gate or write up/sign off by maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILS TO DOCUMENT ACFT PROB IN LOGBOOK AT OUTLYING STATION FOR SIGNOFF BY CONTRACT MAINT.

Narrative: GIVING A LINE CHK. DURING BOARDING PROCESS, RAMP PERSONNEL NOTED HYD FLUID UNDER R MAIN GEAR. CONTRACT MAINT WAS CALLED. MECH STATED A BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING. DELAY ENSUED WITH NO PARTS AVAILABLE AT ZZZ. TEMP AT ZZZ WAS 19 DEGS F AND JETWAY WAS COLD. I WALKED UP TO GATE AREA TO WARM UP. SHORTLY, AN OPS AGENT SUMMONED ME TO THE AIRPLANE STATING THE LEAK WAS FIXED. I WENT INTO COCKPIT AND CAPT STATED THE MECH TIGHTENED A FITTING AND STOPPED THE LEAK. BY THE TIME I WAS STRAPPED IN, WE WERE PUSHING AND STARTING ENGS. AS WE STARTED TAXI, I PULLED THE LOGBOOK OUT AND THE CAPT SAID HE DIDN'T WRITE IT UP. THE AIRPLANE ARRIVED AT ZZZ 30 MINS LATE. WE FINALLY PUSHED ABOUT 1 HR LATE. I TOLD THE CAPT THAT I WOULD HAVE PUT A WRITE-UP IN THE BOOK. ON ARR AT HOU, THE RPT SAID THE DELAY WAS DUE TO CAPT CONFERRING WITH MAINT. IF I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TOLD THE CAPT TO RETURN TO THE GATE OR WRITE UP/SIGN OFF BY MAINT.

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.

Flight crew fails to document aircraft problem in logbook at outlying station for signoff by contract maintenance.