Narrative:

Leaving myr this morning; the first officer and I received an aircraft that had an inoperative ACARS. Due to extra bags being loaded on; we left out the gate late. Weather was within takeoff requirements; but was extreme precipitation with standing pools of water. ATC clearance was short void time; task saturation and dealing with weather and maintenance issue. We departed within company sops and notifying CTAF of intentions. Due to work load; we departed without activating runway lights. Departure was normal and flight continued without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-900 Captain reported departing a non-tower airport in early morning hours without activating runway lights.

Narrative: Leaving MYR this morning; the FO and I received an aircraft that had an INOP ACARS. Due to extra bags being loaded on; we left out the gate late. Weather was within takeoff requirements; but was extreme precipitation with standing pools of water. ATC clearance was short void time; task saturation and dealing with weather and maintenance issue. We departed within company SOPs and notifying CTAF of intentions. Due to work load; we departed without activating runway lights. Departure was normal and flight continued without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.