Narrative:

Due to weather; we were delayed. After engine start; we received a 'bagg extg btl inoperative' EICAS message. The captain made me aware of the message and I asked him if we needed to write-up and document the message in the logbook. He said; 'no; I'll take care of it.' we then departed and flew to dfw without further incident. Once we were at the gate at dfw the captain called maintenance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-140 flight crew failed to take appropriate maintenance action in response to BAGG EXTG BTL INOP EICAS message received during taxi for takeoff.

Narrative: Due to weather; we were delayed. After engine start; we received a 'BAGG EXTG BTL INOP' EICAS message. The Captain made me aware of the message and I asked him if we needed to write-up and document the message in the logbook. He said; 'No; I'll take care of it.' We then departed and flew to DFW without further incident. Once we were at the gate at DFW the Captain called maintenance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.