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A B777 first officer reported; due to distractions; that their flight took off without completing the before takeoff checklist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1268246 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 154 Flight Crew Total 17200 Flight Crew Type 1318 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We had a somewhat complicated taxi route to runway 10L. This distracted the crew as we taxied out for departure. It was a routine takeoff. After takeoff the captain called for flaps up and then the after takeoff checklist. I couldn't see the checklist from the second observer seat but the other relief pilot told me that the before takeoff checklist came up. It ends up that we departed without completing the before takeoff checklist. I was focused on the taxi route and I could only see the captain's primary flight display (pfd) from my seat but I still should have noticed that we had not completed the checklist before departing.during transition training our [instructor] taught us to leave the checklist displayed on the first officer's inboard screen until the before takeoff checklist is complete. I think this is a great technique. The other relief pilot in the primary observer's seat told me that the flying first officer had put his display back to navigation after completing the after start checklist. If he had followed the technique of leaving the checklist displayed until completing the before takeoff checklist it would have been easy to see that the checklist still needed to be accomplished.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 First Officer reported; due to distractions; that their flight took off without completing the Before Takeoff checklist.
Narrative: We had a somewhat complicated taxi route to runway 10L. This distracted the crew as we taxied out for departure. It was a routine takeoff. After takeoff the Captain called for flaps up and then the After Takeoff checklist. I couldn't see the checklist from the second observer seat but the other relief pilot told me that the Before Takeoff checklist came up. It ends up that we departed without completing the Before Takeoff checklist. I was focused on the taxi route and I could only see the Captain's Primary Flight Display (PFD) from my seat but I still should have noticed that we had not completed the checklist before departing.During transition training our [instructor] taught us to leave the checklist displayed on the First Officer's inboard screen until the Before Takeoff checklist is complete. I think this is a great technique. The other relief pilot in the primary observer's seat told me that the flying first officer had put his display back to NAV after completing the After Start checklist. If he had followed the technique of leaving the checklist displayed until completing the Before Takeoff checklist it would have been easy to see that the checklist still needed to be accomplished.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.