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A DC9 captain wrote up an autoplt discrepancy using 3 log pages. Inbound log page and 2 preceding pages. 2 pages appear as open log items.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 636817 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200411 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe technician : fcc |
| Experience | maintenance avionics : 4.5 maintenance lead technician : 3 maintenance technician : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 636817 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other Other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : logbook entry |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Pilot initiated 1 log page discrepancy, but used 2 preceding log pages to exhaust details. 1 discrepancy appears to be 3 separate write-ups. Pilot conferred verbally that only 1 discrepancy was written on the 3 pages. Technician and other flight officer witnessed conversation. Following flight, crews have refused aircraft since 2 log pages appear to be open discrepancies.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9 CAPT WROTE UP AN AUTOPLT DISCREPANCY USING 3 LOG PAGES. INBOUND LOG PAGE AND 2 PRECEDING PAGES. 2 PAGES APPEAR AS OPEN LOG ITEMS.
Narrative: PLT INITIATED 1 LOG PAGE DISCREPANCY, BUT USED 2 PRECEDING LOG PAGES TO EXHAUST DETAILS. 1 DISCREPANCY APPEARS TO BE 3 SEPARATE WRITE-UPS. PLT CONFERRED VERBALLY THAT ONLY 1 DISCREPANCY WAS WRITTEN ON THE 3 PAGES. TECHNICIAN AND OTHER FLT OFFICER WITNESSED CONVERSATION. FOLLOWING FLT, CREWS HAVE REFUSED ACFT SINCE 2 LOG PAGES APPEAR TO BE OPEN DISCREPANCIES.
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.