Medium large transport departs without route clearance.

Attributes
ACN	255330
Time
Date	199310
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pit tower : pit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	255330
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Copilot forgot to call for ATC route clearance before taxi out. Ground control, nor tower said anything and we were cleared for takeoff. Discovered problem when told to go to departure control. Possible explanation is the fact that we were a through flight ewr-pit-tol and our entire flight had been activated in ewr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG DEPARTS WITHOUT RTE CLRNC.

Narrative: COPLT FORGOT TO CALL FOR ATC RTE CLRNC BEFORE TAXI OUT. GND CTL, NOR TWR SAID ANYTHING AND WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. DISCOVERED PROB WHEN TOLD TO GO TO DEP CTL. POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THE FACT THAT WE WERE A THROUGH FLT EWR-PIT-TOL AND OUR ENTIRE FLT HAD BEEN ACTIVATED IN EWR.

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.