Medium large transport departs without pre departure clearance.

Attributes
ACN	275329
Time
Date	199406
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
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 : 12000 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	275329
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Before start check completed with 'transponder to go,' as check was completed prior to pre departure clearance being available. When 'final paperwork' was delivered to aircraft by agent, pre departure clearance was not included and its absence not noted. Normal clearance for taxi and takeoff were received by tower. We were at slc, our home base. When cleared to departure we were given correct squawk at which time I realized we had not been given our pre departure clearance. Our flight plan was pih...ida. I requested RNAV to ida from departure to verify a clearance, 20 mins away, and flight was made to ida. As only the correct squawk was questioned, it is my assumption clearance had sent the pre departure clearance as normal not knowing we had not received it. As at some airports, giving transponder code on initial call to ATC, ground would preclude this mistake.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG DEPARTS WITHOUT PDC.

Narrative: BEFORE START CHK COMPLETED WITH 'XPONDER TO GO,' AS CHK WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO PDC BEING AVAILABLE. WHEN 'FINAL PAPERWORK' WAS DELIVERED TO ACFT BY AGENT, PDC WAS NOT INCLUDED AND ITS ABSENCE NOT NOTED. NORMAL CLRNC FOR TAXI AND TKOF WERE RECEIVED BY TWR. WE WERE AT SLC, OUR HOME BASE. WHEN CLRED TO DEP WE WERE GIVEN CORRECT SQUAWK AT WHICH TIME I REALIZED WE HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN OUR PDC. OUR FLT PLAN WAS PIH...IDA. I REQUESTED RNAV TO IDA FROM DEP TO VERIFY A CLRNC, 20 MINS AWAY, AND FLT WAS MADE TO IDA. AS ONLY THE CORRECT SQUAWK WAS QUESTIONED, IT IS MY ASSUMPTION CLRNC HAD SENT THE PDC AS NORMAL NOT KNOWING WE HAD NOT RECEIVED IT. AS AT SOME ARPTS, GIVING XPONDER CODE ON INITIAL CALL TO ATC, GND WOULD PRECLUDE THIS MISTAKE.

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.