<< >> NASA ASRS Report 429360, February 1999

An air carrier freighter departs mci at night squawking the wrong code for departure because the crew had failed to obtain their pre departure clearance before takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	429360
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mci.tracon tower : mci.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll ground : holding ground : preflight ground : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	429360
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Takeoff without ATC and IFR clearance. I became aware of the problem shortly after takeoff when the captain and first officer discussed whether or not they took off without a clearance. We had been flying this leg all month and had always had a pre departure clearance. The taxi to the departure runway was short, the WX VFR and upon arrival at the runway, tower cleared us for immediate takeoff (if able) traffic on 3 mi final. We finished the checklist and took off uneventfully. Upon realizing what had most likely occurred, the first officer talked to tower and then departure receiving squawk, etc. The profile flown was the same as every other night.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FREIGHTER DEPARTS MCI AT NIGHT SQUAWKING THE WRONG CODE FOR DEP BECAUSE THE CREW HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN THEIR PDC BEFORE TKOF.

Narrative: TKOF WITHOUT ATC AND IFR CLRNC. I BECAME AWARE OF THE PROB SHORTLY AFTER TKOF WHEN THE CAPT AND FO DISCUSSED WHETHER OR NOT THEY TOOK OFF WITHOUT A CLRNC. WE HAD BEEN FLYING THIS LEG ALL MONTH AND HAD ALWAYS HAD A PDC. THE TAXI TO THE DEP RWY WAS SHORT, THE WX VFR AND UPON ARR AT THE RWY, TWR CLRED US FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF (IF ABLE) TFC ON 3 MI FINAL. WE FINISHED THE CHKLIST AND TOOK OFF UNEVENTFULLY. UPON REALIZING WHAT HAD MOST LIKELY OCCURRED, THE FO TALKED TO TWR AND THEN DEP RECEIVING SQUAWK, ETC. THE PROFILE FLOWN WAS THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER NIGHT.

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.