A new B737 captain left the ramp area and took off with the nose wheel steering bypass in. He didn't...

Attributes
ACN	1236832
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Pins
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 64 Flight Crew Total 8150 Flight Crew Type 950
Person 2
Function	Trainee
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Ground crew pushed us back at airport ZZZ facing south. Normal push; disconnect; release signal and salute. Short taxi time so we started both engines. Taxied straight ahead for takeoff from runway X. Used rudder steering since there weren't any significant turns in the taxi route. Taking the runway; I noticed that the tiller felt different; but the tiller was moving; we were turning and I just thought it was my inexperience in the left seat.very first captain [flight] leg after IOE. Weather conditions at the time; wind approximately 330/20g39. I also thought the wind buffeting the aircraft on the ground might have something to do with the different tiller feeling. Takeoff uneventful. After landing in airport ZZZ1; same symptoms. After arrival at the gate it was discovered that the ZZZ ground crew had left the nose wheel steering bypass pin in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A new B737 Captain left the ramp area and took off with the nose wheel steering bypass in. He didn't find out until taxi in to the gate at the destination airport. Training was being conducted at the departure airport with a new pushback tractor and seven trainees. Someone forgot to pull the pin.

Narrative: Ground crew pushed us back at Airport ZZZ facing South. Normal push; disconnect; release signal and salute. Short taxi time so we started both engines. Taxied straight ahead for takeoff from Runway X. Used rudder steering since there weren't any significant turns in the taxi route. Taking the runway; I noticed that the tiller felt different; but the tiller was moving; we were turning and I just thought it was my inexperience in the left seat.Very first Captain [flight] leg after IOE. Weather conditions at the time; wind approximately 330/20G39. I also thought the wind buffeting the aircraft on the ground might have something to do with the different tiller feeling. Takeoff uneventful. After landing in Airport ZZZ1; same symptoms. After arrival at the gate it was discovered that the ZZZ ground crew had left the nose wheel steering bypass pin in.

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A new B737 captain left the ramp area and took off with the nose wheel steering bypass in. He didn't find out until taxi in to the gate at the destination airport. Training was being conducted at the departure airport with a new pushback tractor and seven trainees. Someone forgot to pull the pin.