Narrative:

Our flight had been delayed due maintenance. I had just gotten off the phone with the chief pilot discussing that I did not feel comfortable taking the aircraft with the inboard roll spoilers deferred. Our flight was scheduled out at XA11 and we were over 1 hour late. We did our after start checks, then called ramp control. Ramp cleared us to spot X. I called for the taxi checks. We completed the taxi checks by the time we reached spot X. Mentally, I was preoccupied with my concern about the deferral and how it would affect the handling characteristics of the airplane. The next thing I heard was my first officer saying 'clear right.' I then continued to cross runway 5/23. Ramp control called and asked if we had called ground. That is when we realized we had not gotten taxi clearance. We then called ground and were asked to call them after reaching our destination. We were then cleared to continue taxi. After arriving at pgv, I immediately called the TRACON supervisor who said he would be filing a pilot deviation report with clt FSDO. Contributing factors were anxiety over maintenance, rushing to make schedule, my first officer was the second one that day and our first leg together, the first officer was also a captain qualified to fly right seat, but was not comfortable there because he had been flying right seat previously. The incident occurred because of a combination of circumstances which cumulatively created an overload situation to miss the call to ground control. Supplemental information from acn 412623: we were cleared to taxi out to spot X and contact ground on 121.9 for runway 36R. I was checking the circuit breaker panel to confirm the correct breaker had been tie wrapped by maintenance. As I look up, we had passed spot X and were about to cross runway 5. I looked both ways and the area was clear. At this time neither the captain nor myself realized we had failed to contact ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MDT TAXIES WITHOUT CLRNC AND HAS A RWY INCURSION AT CLT.

Narrative: OUR FLT HAD BEEN DELAYED DUE MAINT. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE PHONE WITH THE CHIEF PLT DISCUSSING THAT I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THE ACFT WITH THE INBOARD ROLL SPOILERS DEFERRED. OUR FLT WAS SCHEDULED OUT AT XA11 AND WE WERE OVER 1 HR LATE. WE DID OUR AFTER START CHKS, THEN CALLED RAMP CTL. RAMP CLRED US TO SPOT X. I CALLED FOR THE TAXI CHKS. WE COMPLETED THE TAXI CHKS BY THE TIME WE REACHED SPOT X. MENTALLY, I WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH MY CONCERN ABOUT THE DEFERRAL AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRPLANE. THE NEXT THING I HEARD WAS MY FO SAYING 'CLR R.' I THEN CONTINUED TO CROSS RWY 5/23. RAMP CTL CALLED AND ASKED IF WE HAD CALLED GND. THAT IS WHEN WE REALIZED WE HAD NOT GOTTEN TAXI CLRNC. WE THEN CALLED GND AND WERE ASKED TO CALL THEM AFTER REACHING OUR DEST. WE WERE THEN CLRED TO CONTINUE TAXI. AFTER ARRIVING AT PGV, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE TRACON SUPVR WHO SAID HE WOULD BE FILING A PLTDEV RPT WITH CLT FSDO. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE ANXIETY OVER MAINT, RUSHING TO MAKE SCHEDULE, MY FO WAS THE SECOND ONE THAT DAY AND OUR FIRST LEG TOGETHER, THE FO WAS ALSO A CAPT QUALIFIED TO FLY R SEAT, BUT WAS NOT COMFORTABLE THERE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN FLYING R SEAT PREVIOUSLY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH CUMULATIVELY CREATED AN OVERLOAD SIT TO MISS THE CALL TO GND CTL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 412623: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI OUT TO SPOT X AND CONTACT GND ON 121.9 FOR RWY 36R. I WAS CHKING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL TO CONFIRM THE CORRECT BREAKER HAD BEEN TIE WRAPPED BY MAINT. AS I LOOK UP, WE HAD PASSED SPOT X AND WERE ABOUT TO CROSS RWY 5. I LOOKED BOTH WAYS AND THE AREA WAS CLR. AT THIS TIME NEITHER THE CAPT NOR MYSELF REALIZED WE HAD FAILED TO CONTACT GND.

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.