Post-Flight Write-Up Log
Structured discrepancy tracking for professional and disciplined private operators: report, status, disposition and dates — with open-item badges.
The write-up culture gap is the difference between airline reliability and GA surprise — anything abnormal gets written, dated and dispositioned, every flight.
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⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free post-flight write-up log for professional and disciplined private operators: every discrepancy with severity, status and dates — open items impossible to lose. the write-up culture gap is the difference between airline reliability and GA surprise.
About Post-Flight Write-Up Log
Discrepancy tracking is the unglamorous core of reliability, and for professional and disciplined private operators the stakes are specific: the write-up culture gap is the difference between airline reliability and ga surprise — anything abnormal gets written, dated and dispositioned, every flight. Run the list here — item, severity, status, dates, disposition — and let the badges separate open from closed. The pattern across dated entries is where intermittents get solved and where the annual's workscope gets honest.
How to use Post-Flight Write-Up Log
- 1Write up anything abnormal immediately — thirty seconds while it's fresh.
- 2Track status to closure; set target dates on deferred items.
- 3Review open items before flight and export the history for maintenance.
Why use Post-Flight Write-Up Log?
- ✓Severity + status + dates per item — nothing ages into folklore
- ✓Open/deferred counts always visible
- ✓Status badges separate open, deferred, in-work and closed
- ✓Built for the failure mode of professional and disciplined private operators
- ✓CSV export = the discrepancy history your mechanic actually wants
Frequently asked questions
What belongs in a post-flight write-up?+
Anything the next pilot or the mechanic would want to know: abnormal indications and when, sounds/smells/vibrations with phase of flight, systems behaving at the edge of normal, plus the boring confirmations after maintenance ('first flight after mag work — normal'). The discipline matters more than any single entry: a complete chain of dated write-ups is how intermittents get caught, trends get noticed and post-maintenance issues get attributed correctly.
How detailed should a discrepancy entry be?+
Enough that a stranger could act on it: what, when noticed, conditions, and any pattern ('right fuel gauge reads zero for first 10 minutes, cold mornings only'). Severity and status make it actionable; the date makes it evidence. The one-line vague entry — 'radio weird' — costs more shop time than it saves writing time, which is the entire economics of doing this properly.
What happens to my entries if I clear my browser?+
Clearing site data deletes locally stored entries — that's the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or device change: re-importing history later beats reconstructing it from memory.
How do I back up or print these records?+
Use the Export CSV button below the table: it downloads your full discrepancy history as a spreadsheet-ready file. From there you can print a clean copy, archive it with your records folder, or import it into any other system. Exporting monthly is a good habit since the working data lives only in your browser.
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