Wrong pre departure clearance, again.

Attributes
ACN	273457
Time
Date	199406
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phl tower : bur
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	273457
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Reference pre departure clearance messages. I accepted an old pre departure clearance from the gate agent's teletype with several factors lulling me not to check the correct flight number (initially handing it to the first officer without looking at it, checking only the correct route, SID, destination, altitude, timing of message from agent). Takeoff was made with wrong transponder code. Problems could be worse if route changes are made to teletype pre departure clearance's and no readbacks of any kind are made with ATC, i.e., phl. Ord has better system. Some kind of pre departure clearance verification should be required before takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG PDC, AGAIN.

Narrative: REF PDC MESSAGES. I ACCEPTED AN OLD PDC FROM THE GATE AGENT'S TELETYPE WITH SEVERAL FACTORS LULLING ME NOT TO CHK THE CORRECT FLT NUMBER (INITIALLY HANDING IT TO THE FO WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, CHKING ONLY THE CORRECT RTE, SID, DEST, ALT, TIMING OF MESSAGE FROM AGENT). TKOF WAS MADE WITH WRONG XPONDER CODE. PROBS COULD BE WORSE IF RTE CHANGES ARE MADE TO TELETYPE PDC'S AND NO READBACKS OF ANY KIND ARE MADE WITH ATC, I.E., PHL. ORD HAS BETTER SYS. SOME KIND OF PDC VERIFICATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED BEFORE TKOF.

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.