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B757-200 flight crew distraction by aircraft equipment problems takes off without ATC en route clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 709846 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia.tracon |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 709846 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 709847 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During preflight; my first officer was distraction by crc failure messages coming up as we procured the digital ATIS and performed other preflight functions with the ACARS. As a result we ran the before starting engines checklist and pushed off the gate normally without receiving an ACARS ATC clearance to position. The oversight was not discovered till we took off and departure control asked us to squawk our discrete transponder code. So we had mistakenly departed without our ACARS ATC clearance. We then discussed later how to avoid this happening again by adding it to the preflight cardboard checklist and insisting on getting a clearance prior to checking the route in the FMC. I also told my first officer to recommend we stop or defer the checklist in the future till we receive our clearance. Thanks for taking the recommendations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 FLT CREW DISTR BY ACFT EQUIP PROBS TAKES OFF WITHOUT ATC ENRTE CLRNC.
Narrative: DURING PREFLT; MY FO WAS DISTR BY CRC FAILURE MESSAGES COMING UP AS WE PROCURED THE DIGITAL ATIS AND PERFORMED OTHER PREFLT FUNCTIONS WITH THE ACARS. AS A RESULT WE RAN THE BEFORE STARTING ENGS CHKLIST AND PUSHED OFF THE GATE NORMALLY WITHOUT RECEIVING AN ACARS ATC CLRNC TO POS. THE OVERSIGHT WAS NOT DISCOVERED TILL WE TOOK OFF AND DEP CTL ASKED US TO SQUAWK OUR DISCRETE XPONDER CODE. SO WE HAD MISTAKENLY DEPARTED WITHOUT OUR ACARS ATC CLRNC. WE THEN DISCUSSED LATER HOW TO AVOID THIS HAPPENING AGAIN BY ADDING IT TO THE PREFLT CARDBOARD CHKLIST AND INSISTING ON GETTING A CLRNC PRIOR TO CHKING THE RTE IN THE FMC. I ALSO TOLD MY FO TO RECOMMEND WE STOP OR DEFER THE CHKLIST IN THE FUTURE TILL WE RECEIVE OUR CLRNC. THANKS FOR TAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.