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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.
| 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.