Narrative:

The captain (pilot not flying) obtained our clearance via telephone from approach control. Upon entering the aircraft; he briefed the clearance. I; the flying pilot and first officer; asked if we were cleared to the NDB for holding as the departure procedure at mwk required. The answer was 'no' they just said cleared 'as filed.' I asked if they gave us a heading or anything else to which he replied 'no.' regardless; I set up the holding procedure in the FMS. The climbing hold was briefed and the plan was to fly the published departure procedure before proceeding on course.during the takeoff roll at about 40 KTS; the door indicator light illuminated. Consequently; the takeoff was aborted and the cause of the light investigated. No doors were found open and the light went out. We then taxied back and departed as previously briefed. While climbing into IMC conditions at approximately 1;500 to 2;000 ft; we contacted greensboro approach who instructed us to maintain VFR. We replied we were on an IFR clearance. The controller informed us that our clearance had expired. There was no other option than to continue the climb above the cloud layer and shortly before passing 6;000 ft; gso issued an IFR clearance. No statement was made by the controller indicating any traffic conflict or any other sort of problem.I later learned that the captain not only acknowledged the void time to ATC; but also a heading of 160 to enter controlled airspace. Better briefing by the pilot obtaining clearance would have prevented this situation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following a rejected takeoff due to a door warning light the flight crew of a LJ31 departed after their IFR clearance expired. As a result they were forced to continue their climb in IMC until a new clearance was obtained. Poor CRM between the Captain and First Officer complicated the entire operation.

Narrative: The Captain (pilot not flying) obtained our clearance via telephone from Approach Control. Upon entering the aircraft; he briefed the clearance. I; the flying pilot and first officer; asked if we were cleared to the NDB for holding as the departure procedure at MWK required. The answer was 'no' they just said cleared 'as filed.' I asked if they gave us a heading or anything else to which he replied 'no.' Regardless; I set up the holding procedure in the FMS. The climbing hold was briefed and the plan was to fly the published departure procedure before proceeding on course.During the takeoff roll at about 40 KTS; the door indicator light illuminated. Consequently; the takeoff was aborted and the cause of the light investigated. No doors were found open and the light went out. We then taxied back and departed as previously briefed. While climbing into IMC conditions at approximately 1;500 to 2;000 FT; we contacted Greensboro Approach who instructed us to maintain VFR. We replied we were on an IFR clearance. The Controller informed us that our clearance had expired. There was no other option than to continue the climb above the cloud layer and shortly before passing 6;000 FT; GSO issued an IFR clearance. No statement was made by the Controller indicating any traffic conflict or any other sort of problem.I later learned that the Captain not only acknowledged the void time to ATC; but also a heading of 160 to enter controlled airspace. Better briefing by the pilot obtaining clearance would have prevented this situation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.