F100 FLC MISUSE THEIR CHKLIST WHEN READING IT AND FAIL TO COVER THE PORTION PERTAINING TO THE LOGBOOK REVIEW. LOGBOOK IS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THEY DEPART AUS; TX. FLC WAS DISTRACTED WITH THE BOARDING PROCESS.

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WE FLEW INTO AUS ON DEC/XA/97 AND OUT ON THURSDAY; UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT THE LOGBOOK. DURING PREFLT THE CAPT AND I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE SAME ACFT AND CONTINUED WITH THE PREFLT. WE THEN ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST PART OF THE CHKLIST THROUGH SHOULDER STRAPS AND JUST SHORT OF SEAT BELT SIGN. AT THAT TIME WE WERE DISTRACTED BY THE BOARDING PROCESS. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED AND WE PRESSED ON WITH THE PRIOR TO ENG START CHKLIST. THEREBY OMITTING THE LOGBOOK/FLT FORMS ITEMS. I THINK THE FACT THAT WE DISCUSSED THE SAME ACFT AND THEREFORE FILLED THE SQUARE IN OUR MINDS. THEN IN THE RUSH TO GET AN ON TIME DEP WE OVERLOOKED A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM. WHY DO LOGBOOKS LEAVE THE ACFT? THIS PROB HAS BIT CREWS IN THE PAST AND I'VE READ ABOUT THEM IN RPTS. I SWORE THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME. I ALWAYS CHK THE WRITE-UPS AND COMPARE THE NOSE NUMBER ON THE LOGBOOK WITH THE SEL; FLT PLAN; TPS; AND FORWARD PANEL PLACARD; EXCEPT OF COURSE THIS TIME. THIS INCIDENT HAS SHAKEN ME. I PLACE A GREAT AMOUNT OF SELF WORTH IN MY PILOTING SKILLS AND JOB PERFORMANCE; AND NOW SOMETHING I'M WATCHING FOR BITES ME.