1. An automated interactive method for dynamically identifying an unplanned maintenance task during execution of a planned maintenance task on equipment and creating a corresponding unplanned maintenance task data record associated with the planned maintenance task, the method comprising: displaying on a user device a maintenance menu system for data entry and access; receiving from the user device a selected geographical location of unplanned maintenance work discovered on the equipment, the unplanned maintenance work comprising a first unplanned maintenance task associated with the selected geographical location and a second unplanned maintenance task not associated with the selected geographical location; establishing, through a task pointer, a first path to the first unplanned maintenance task on the equipment; establishing, through a location pointer, a second path through the selected geographical location to both the planned maintenance task and the first unplanned maintenance task; displaying on the user device the first unplanned maintenance task and suppressing display of the second unplanned maintenance task; receiving from the user device a selection specifying the first unplanned maintenance task at the selected geographical location of the equipment; receiving from the user device a selected work category to assign to the first unplanned maintenance task; receiving from the user device a selected task type to associate with the selected work category; determining a task description corresponding to the selected task type; acquiring component data for the first unplanned maintenance task; and establishing and storing in a memory a resultant unplanned maintenance task data record comprising the selected geographical location, selected work category, the selected task type, the task description, and the component data.