AN EMB120 FERRY CREW FORGETS TO OBTAIN ALL OF THE MAINT PAPERS FOR THE FLT FROM CRW TO CVG.

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FOLLOWING A FERRY FLT FROM CRW TO CVG; THE CAPT AND I DISCOVERED THAT THE ACFT CLIPBOARD WHICH CONTAINS: THE DAILY INFLT WORKSHEET; THE ACFT MAINT LOG; THE DEFERRED DISCREPANCY LOG; AND THE VOR ACCURACY CHK; WAS NOT ON BOARD. THE ACFT CLIPBOARD HAD REMAINED IN CRW. FOLLOWING OUR MEETING WITH A MECH SENT TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF OUR #1 VOR AND MAKE A MAINT ENTRY IN THE CLIPBOARD; THE CLIPBOARD WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT BEHIND. WE HAD BEEN DELAYED IN CRW FOR OVER 2 HRS AS A RESULT OF OUR #1 VOR BECOMING INOP ENRTE TO CRW. DURING THAT TIME WE HAD THE CLIPBOARD WITH US AS WE WALKED THROUGH THE TERMINAL; VISITED OPS; AND ON OCCASION RETURNED TO THE PLANE. THE MECH MADE THE MAINT ENTRY IN THE ACFT CLIPBOARD WHILE HE SPOKE TO OUR COMPANY OVER THE PHONE IN OPS. FOLLOWING THIS PHONE CALL AND SOME DISCUSSION BTWN THE MECH AND THE CAPT; THE DISPATCH RELEASE FOR OUR FERRY FLT CAME THROUGH AND WE PROCEEDED TO THE ACFT. I DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING THE ACFT CLIPBOARD AT ANY POINT AFTER THAT TIME. WHEN WE COMPLETED THE ACCEPTANCE CHKLIST BEFORE OUR DEP; THE LINE: 'MAINT STATUS...CHKED' WAS A DECEPTIVELY EASY ONE; THE CONTENTS OF THE ACFT CLIPBOARD HAD BEEN CHKED PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAD BEEN IN CRW FOR 2 HRS FOR MAINT; SO IT SURE FELT CHKED. I DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF THE ACFT CLIPBOARD; THOUGH WE HAD FLOWN 3 LEGS ALREADY IN THE ACFT; I SHOULD HAVE USED THE LINE IN THE CHKLIST TO PROMPT A GLANCE AT THE ACFT CLIPBOARD TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THERE; AS I DO ON THE FIRST LEG OF THE DAY. A CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE IN THE BEFORE ENG START CHKLIST SAYING 'ACFT CLIPBOARD...CONTENTS CHKED AND ON BOARD' WOULD SURELY AID IN KEEPING TRACK OF THE CLIPBOARD AND ITS CONTENTS AFTER EACH OPENING OF THE CABIN DOOR. ON THIS DAY; I REMEMBER SEEING THE CLIPBOARD IN MY HANDS; THE CAPT'S HANDS; SITTING IN SEAT 1B UNDER THE CAPT'S HAT; AND IN THE HANDS OF THE MECH. IT WAS ALMOST ALWAYS WITH US; ONE FINAL GLANCE PROMPTED BY WHATEVER MEANS; CHKLIST OR OTHERWISE; WOULD HAVE VERIFIED ITS LOCATION.