Narrative:

First leg, day 2 of a 3 day. Inbound aircraft running late, outbound leg oversold. Sense of urgency by everyone involved to get aircraft turned as soon as possible. Outgoing captain briefed me it was a good aircraft, except they were late because they did a slow speed abort for a leading edge flap xsit light. They 'cleared the runway, cleared the light, contacted dispatch, and continued with all normal indications.' on my preflight I did review the logbook and saw the information aborted takeoff write-up, but in retrospect did not actually analyze it. At altitude on that leg, I started thinking about the write-up and reread the logbook. I told my first officer I did not think that was a valid 'information' write-up and we would have maintenance look at it when we landed. On landing, we experienced a similar leading edge flap xsit light. We wrote up the aircraft and turned it over to maintenance. I then hustled over to our scheduled aircraft change. On the next leg we had some time to discuss the write-up and research the fom. That led me to believe the 'information' write-up wasn't a valid write-up and we should have gotten it cleared before accepting the aircraft. I told my first officer I was going to file an as soon as possible report and advised him to do the same.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF B733 DISCOVERED AFTER ALREADY AIRBORNE THAT PREVIOUS CREW HAD IMPROPERLY WRITTEN UP AND CLRED A LEADING EDGE DEVICE ANOMALY. EXPERIENCED SAME PROB ON LNDG AND WROTE UP A REPEAT DISCREPANCY.

Narrative: FIRST LEG, DAY 2 OF A 3 DAY. INBOUND ACFT RUNNING LATE, OUTBOUND LEG OVERSOLD. SENSE OF URGENCY BY EVERYONE INVOLVED TO GET ACFT TURNED ASAP. OUTGOING CAPT BRIEFED ME IT WAS A GOOD ACFT, EXCEPT THEY WERE LATE BECAUSE THEY DID A SLOW SPD ABORT FOR A LEADING EDGE FLAP XSIT LIGHT. THEY 'CLRED THE RWY, CLRED THE LIGHT, CONTACTED DISPATCH, AND CONTINUED WITH ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS.' ON MY PREFLT I DID REVIEW THE LOGBOOK AND SAW THE INFO ABORTED TKOF WRITE-UP, BUT IN RETROSPECT DID NOT ACTUALLY ANALYZE IT. AT ALT ON THAT LEG, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE WRITE-UP AND REREAD THE LOGBOOK. I TOLD MY FO I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS A VALID 'INFO' WRITE-UP AND WE WOULD HAVE MAINT LOOK AT IT WHEN WE LANDED. ON LNDG, WE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR LEADING EDGE FLAP XSIT LIGHT. WE WROTE UP THE ACFT AND TURNED IT OVER TO MAINT. I THEN HUSTLED OVER TO OUR SCHEDULED ACFT CHANGE. ON THE NEXT LEG WE HAD SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THE WRITE-UP AND RESEARCH THE FOM. THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THE 'INFO' WRITE-UP WASN'T A VALID WRITE-UP AND WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT CLRED BEFORE ACCEPTING THE ACFT. I TOLD MY FO I WAS GOING TO FILE AN ASAP RPT AND ADVISED HIM TO DO THE SAME.

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.