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Flight crew forgot their pre departure clearance. Luckily their actual clearance matched their flight plan route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 255623 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi |
| Route In Use | departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 4300 |
| ASRS Report | 255623 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 255362 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Captain and first officer were distracted by ground communications during final pushback preparations resulting in departure without pre departure clearance physically aboard aircraft, however, during standard instrument departure, the clearance routing was confirmed with ATC for first half of flight and thereafter for remainder of flight. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the flight crew had a release containing their flight plan route. The pre departure clearance had been issued by ATC -- the ticket agent had it and failed to forward it to the crew. The normal last min flurry of activity caused the flight crew to forget they had not received the pre departure clearance. Immediately after takeoff, flight crew confirmed their assigned SID and later confirmed their entire clearance via flight plan route. The frightening thing is that, if their route had been amended, the crew wouldn't know and ATC had no way of telling that. This is a gaping hole in the system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC FORGOT THEIR PDC. LUCKILY THEIR ACTUAL CLRNC MATCHED THEIR FLT PLAN RTE.
Narrative: CAPT AND FO WERE DISTRACTED BY GND COMS DURING FINAL PUSHBACK PREPARATIONS RESULTING IN DEP WITHOUT PDC PHYSICALLY ABOARD ACFT, HOWEVER, DURING STANDARD INST DEP, THE CLRNC ROUTING WAS CONFIRMED WITH ATC FOR FIRST HALF OF FLT AND THEREAFTER FOR REMAINDER OF FLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FLC HAD A RELEASE CONTAINING THEIR FLT PLAN RTE. THE PDC HAD BEEN ISSUED BY ATC -- THE TICKET AGENT HAD IT AND FAILED TO FORWARD IT TO THE CREW. THE NORMAL LAST MIN FLURRY OF ACTIVITY CAUSED THE FLC TO FORGET THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE PDC. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF, FLC CONFIRMED THEIR ASSIGNED SID AND LATER CONFIRMED THEIR ENTIRE CLRNC VIA FLT PLAN RTE. THE FRIGHTENING THING IS THAT, IF THEIR RTE HAD BEEN AMENDED, THE CREW WOULDN'T KNOW AND ATC HAD NO WAY OF TELLING THAT. THIS IS A GAPING HOLE IN THE SYS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.