However with ACMS and FCQM systems now, in place I have been asked to carry out hard landing inspections on many occasions when there has been no flight crew entry in the log book.
One day the airline will have this information before the pilot can get to the logbook. I have had on several occasions a pilot (usually the F/O), call a hard landing in after the aircraft has been at the gate for 30 minutes. Definately better to own up to a hardlanding.