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Air carrier medium large transport flight crew apparently departs without receiving IFR clearance from clearance delivery.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 201332 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 230 |
| ASRS Report | 201332 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were running late on our inbound flight. The captain told me he would get the cockpit set up for our next leg. I was standing at the aircraft entrance greeting the passenger. We pushed back and called ground for taxi. We were issued taxi instructions to taxi to 27L. After completing the checklist and being given takeoff clearance I pushed the throttles up and commenced to takeoff. It was my leg. About halfway down the runway I noticed that we were squawking our previous legs squawk code. At this point I thought perhaps the captain had forgotten to get our clearance. I still do not know if we had our IFR clearance or not. Departure asked us to verify our squawk and the next controller asked us to verify our destination. After that we did not hear any more about it. I learned a very valuable lesson from this experience. Never assume the other pilot is going to do something. Since this happened I have started doing something very simple and effective on my after landing check. After landing I put zero's (0000) in the transponder so I will know that we don't have a clearance yet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG FLC APPARENTLY DEPARTS WITHOUT RECEIVING IFR CLRNC FROM CLRNC DELIVERY.
Narrative: WE WERE RUNNING LATE ON OUR INBOUND FLT. THE CAPT TOLD ME HE WOULD GET THE COCKPIT SET UP FOR OUR NEXT LEG. I WAS STANDING AT THE ACFT ENTRANCE GREETING THE PAX. WE PUSHED BACK AND CALLED GND FOR TAXI. WE WERE ISSUED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO 27L. AFTER COMPLETING THE CHKLIST AND BEING GIVEN TKOF CLRNC I PUSHED THE THROTTLES UP AND COMMENCED TO TKOF. IT WAS MY LEG. ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RWY I NOTICED THAT WE WERE SQUAWKING OUR PREVIOUS LEGS SQUAWK CODE. AT THIS POINT I THOUGHT PERHAPS THE CAPT HAD FORGOTTEN TO GET OUR CLRNC. I STILL DO NOT KNOW IF WE HAD OUR IFR CLRNC OR NOT. DEP ASKED US TO VERIFY OUR SQUAWK AND THE NEXT CTLR ASKED US TO VERIFY OUR DEST. AFTER THAT WE DID NOT HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT IT. I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. NEVER ASSUME THE OTHER PLT IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING. SINCE THIS HAPPENED I HAVE STARTED DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE ON MY AFTER LNDG CHK. AFTER LNDG I PUT ZERO'S (0000) IN THE TRANSPONDER SO I WILL KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CLRNC YET.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.