B-757 flight crew reported aircraft departure without required hazmat notoc document due primarily t...

Attributes
ACN	1726127
Time
Date	202002
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 122 Flight Crew Total 11853 Flight Crew Type 2836
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We departed without a required notoc (notice to captain). I got distracted when going through all of the ACARS messages that happen right after load complete and acknowledged the doors closed (which they were) and the notoc onboard; but it wasn't. All of the normal load complete messages plus the new 'cpdlc can be used again message' came in a very rapid succession; which may have set us up to feel rushed even though we actually blocked out about 5 minutes early. I plan to include a checkbox on my yoke note pad for the notoc to prevent a recurrence; but I believe this was an isolated incident not a systemic issue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B-757 flight crew reported aircraft departure without required Hazmat NOTOC document due primarily to perceived time pressure and workload.

Narrative: We departed without a required NOTOC (Notice to Captain). I got distracted when going through all of the ACARS messages that happen right after load complete and acknowledged the doors closed (which they were) and the NOTOC onboard; but it wasn't. All of the normal load complete messages plus the new 'CPDLC can be used again message' came in a very rapid succession; which may have set us up to feel rushed even though we actually blocked out about 5 minutes early. I plan to include a checkbox on my yoke note pad for the NOTOC to prevent a recurrence; but I believe this was an isolated incident not a systemic issue.

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B-757 flight crew reported aircraft departure without required hazmat notoc document due primarily to perceived time pressure and workload.