A B767-300 flight crew departing tjsj became concerned after takeoff they had not received a pre dep...

Attributes
ACN	711142
Time
Date	200609
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tjsj.airport
State Reference	PR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
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	711142
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Switched to departure after takeoff runway 8 tjsj. Was told to squawk a different code than what we had. First officer mentioned we may have taken off without a clearance. We asked departure to confirm routing. At cruise; discussed matter. First officer had requested pre departure clearance and thought it had come up with an ATIS that was also requested. Couldn't find hard copy of pre departure clearance. We had done our route and legs check after downloading route; but before receiving clearance. Prior to departure had a last min maintenance item and a passenger boarding problem; which may have distraction us. Ground; tower and departure never mentioned anything about us getting our clearance and it is possible we had one. In the future; I will make sure I have the pre departure clearance when I do the route check.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 FLT CREW DEPARTING TJSJ BECAME CONCERNED AFTER TKOF THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED A PDC.

Narrative: SWITCHED TO DEP AFTER TKOF RWY 8 TJSJ. WAS TOLD TO SQUAWK A DIFFERENT CODE THAN WHAT WE HAD. FO MENTIONED WE MAY HAVE TAKEN OFF WITHOUT A CLRNC. WE ASKED DEP TO CONFIRM ROUTING. AT CRUISE; DISCUSSED MATTER. FO HAD REQUESTED PDC AND THOUGHT IT HAD COME UP WITH AN ATIS THAT WAS ALSO REQUESTED. COULDN'T FIND HARD COPY OF PDC. WE HAD DONE OUR RTE AND LEGS CHK AFTER DOWNLOADING RTE; BUT BEFORE RECEIVING CLRNC. PRIOR TO DEP HAD A LAST MIN MAINT ITEM AND A PAX BOARDING PROB; WHICH MAY HAVE DISTR US. GND; TWR AND DEP NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT US GETTING OUR CLRNC AND IT IS POSSIBLE WE HAD ONE. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL MAKE SURE I HAVE THE PDC WHEN I DO THE RTE CHK.

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.

A B767-300 flight crew departing tjsj became concerned after takeoff they had not received a pre departure clearance.