Narrative:

The previous night we noticed after landing that the #6 brake temperature reading was 0 while the others were showing 4; 5 and 6 as I recall. I went to the #6 brake and it was cool to the touch. Got in touch with the mechanic and made a logbook entry. We arrived that evening and the brake had been checked with no faults found. Upon landing today similar indications were seen with a 0 for brake number 6. No mechanic around but as we boarded the van a maintenance truck pulled up. I spoke to the mechanic and asked him about the brake issue and what he thought along with another write up regarding a problem with the overhead bin. I told him I did not write it up as it had been cleared on the previous leg and just thought I might be seeing a problem that did not exist; but would he take a look at the previous signoff and take a look at the brake. He did ask me to put it in the logbook at that time but I declined; and in hindsight he was right.today I was notified by my chief pilot that during the maintenance investigation a delay was incurred and now there are questions of proper procedures followed. They do state an attempt to contact me was made but I was on my cell phone during the ride to the parking lot and all the way home and never received a call. I guess the biggest question for me was whether or not the aircraft had a problem that was worthy of another logbook entry and asking the mechanic to take a look at previous work was proper. In retrospect after hearing what happened after I left a logbook entry should have been made.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After making a timely write up of an apparently inoperative main gear brake the night before--which was signed off by maintenance--a B767-300 Captain failed to make an AML entry regarding the second occurrence.

Narrative: The previous night we noticed after landing that the #6 brake temperature reading was 0 while the others were showing 4; 5 and 6 as I recall. I went to the #6 brake and it was cool to the touch. Got in touch with the mechanic and made a logbook entry. We arrived that evening and the brake had been checked with no faults found. Upon landing today similar indications were seen with a 0 for brake number 6. No mechanic around but as we boarded the van a maintenance truck pulled up. I spoke to the mechanic and asked him about the brake issue and what he thought along with another write up regarding a problem with the overhead bin. I told him I did not write it up as it had been cleared on the previous leg and just thought I might be seeing a problem that did not exist; but would he take a look at the previous signoff and take a look at the brake. He did ask me to put it in the logbook at that time but I declined; and in hindsight he was right.Today I was notified by my Chief Pilot that during the maintenance investigation a delay was incurred and now there are questions of proper procedures followed. They do state an attempt to contact me was made but I was on my cell phone during the ride to the parking lot and all the way home and never received a call. I guess the biggest question for me was whether or not the aircraft had a problem that was worthy of another logbook entry and asking the mechanic to take a look at previous work was proper. In retrospect after hearing what happened after I left a logbook entry should have been made.

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.