Security check slip not on board and B737 flight departs for sju, pr.

Attributes
ACN	551205
Time
Date	200206
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	551205
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Departing without a security check slip. Location-phl. Sign-in XA40. Had same aircraft that we brought in the night before. Inspected the logbook and thought the security slip was there. Did full preflight. During the final cockpit preparation, had many interruptions from gate agents due to armed passenger with prisoner and immigration people with deportees. After preflight completed, flight plan would not uplink and a full route clearance was copied and manually inserted. I feel I should have more carefully checked the slip I mistook for a security check. And when responding to, 'flight forms and logbook' in checklist, I should physically touch them again. This has never been a problem in the past.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SECURITY CHK SLIP NOT ON BOARD AND B737 FLT DEPARTS FOR SJU, PR.

Narrative: DEPARTING WITHOUT A SECURITY CHK SLIP. LOCATION-PHL. SIGN-IN XA40. HAD SAME ACFT THAT WE BROUGHT IN THE NIGHT BEFORE. INSPECTED THE LOGBOOK AND THOUGHT THE SECURITY SLIP WAS THERE. DID FULL PREFLT. DURING THE FINAL COCKPIT PREPARATION, HAD MANY INTERRUPTIONS FROM GATE AGENTS DUE TO ARMED PAX WITH PRISONER AND IMMIGRATION PEOPLE WITH DEPORTEES. AFTER PREFLT COMPLETED, FLIGHT PLAN WOULD NOT UPLINK AND A FULL RTE CLRNC WAS COPIED AND MANUALLY INSERTED. I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE MORE CAREFULLY CHKED THE SLIP I MISTOOK FOR A SECURITY CHK. AND WHEN RESPONDING TO, 'FLT FORMS AND LOGBOOK' IN CHKLIST, I SHOULD PHYSICALLY TOUCH THEM AGAIN. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A PROB IN THE PAST.

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.