B737-700 flight crew reported receiving a pre departure clearance clearance on the ground; then taking off without calling the departure facility for their release.

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Attributes
ACN	1596897
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SJC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 604
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

We were rerouted; running late; had a maintenance delay; [and a] weight and balance system delay. We got our cpdlc. Tower was closed. [Procedure] page [said] contact norcal for clearance. [Jeppesen] 10-9 says nothing. We took off VFR; called norcal. Norcal said we should've called them for takeoff clearance. It was VFR. [Procedure] was unclear.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 flight crew reported receiving a PDC clearance on the ground; then taking off without calling the departure facility for their release.

Narrative: We were rerouted; running late; had a Maintenance delay; [and a] weight and balance system delay. We got our CPDLC. Tower was closed. [Procedure] page [said] contact NorCal for clearance. [Jeppesen] 10-9 says nothing. We took off VFR; called NorCal. Norcal said we should've called them for takeoff clearance. It was VFR. [Procedure] was unclear.

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.