Air carrier cleared for takeoff without obtaining a release from approach control facility.

Attributes
ACN	113970
Time
Date	198906
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvd
State Reference	RI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pvd
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	oversight : supervisor
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	113970
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Deviation

Narrative:

Air carrier X was given takeoff clearance without coordination with departure controller. Local controller noticed no strip marking to indicate aircraft was released. Action taken, called oqu TRACON to advise, no evasive action required. Factors: local controller not paying attention to all aspects of position. Situation occurred: because local control is not used to passing departures, nor was the strip checked for markings prior to issuing takeoff clearance. Normally ground control is required to pass departures, but approximately 15 mins prior to this, ground control had coordinated with local controller to pass departure. Due to training on ground control. To solve: ground control in future will coordinate on a recorded line so as to alleviate ground control from problem, as the local controller has denied ever hearing coordination, even though more than one person heard local controller acknowledge coordination. Also local control will have to pay more attention to requirements of position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CLEARED FOR TKOF WITHOUT OBTAINING A RELEASE FROM APCH CTL FAC.

Narrative: ACR X WAS GIVEN TKOF CLRNC WITHOUT COORD WITH DEP CTLR. LCL CTLR NOTICED NO STRIP MARKING TO INDICATE ACFT WAS RELEASED. ACTION TAKEN, CALLED OQU TRACON TO ADVISE, NO EVASIVE ACTION REQUIRED. FACTORS: LCL CTLR NOT PAYING ATTN TO ALL ASPECTS OF POSITION. SITUATION OCCURRED: BECAUSE LCL CTL IS NOT USED TO PASSING DEPS, NOR WAS THE STRIP CHECKED FOR MARKINGS PRIOR TO ISSUING TKOF CLRNC. NORMALLY GND CTL IS REQUIRED TO PASS DEPS, BUT APPROX 15 MINS PRIOR TO THIS, GND CTL HAD COORDINATED WITH LCL CTLR TO PASS DEP. DUE TO TRAINING ON GND CTL. TO SOLVE: GND CTL IN FUTURE WILL COORDINATE ON A RECORDED LINE SO AS TO ALLEVIATE GND CTL FROM PROBLEM, AS THE LCL CTLR HAS DENIED EVER HEARING COORD, EVEN THOUGH MORE THAN ONE PERSON HEARD LCL CTLR ACKNOWLEDGE COORD. ALSO LCL CTL WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE ATTN TO REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.