Flew cmh without IFR clearance.

Attributes
ACN	258320
Time
Date	199312
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4200
ASRS Report	258320
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After departure runway 28L pit, departure control advised transponder code on wrong code -- noticed it was set on 1200 -- reset to code provided by departure control. Flew to scheduled destination, cmh, and subsequently realized I forgot to get IFR clearance from the ACARS via pre departure clearance in pit. Perhaps inclusion of a checklist item for 'clearance received' might prevent recurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLEW CMH WITHOUT IFR CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER DEP RWY 28L PIT, DEP CTL ADVISED XPONDER CODE ON WRONG CODE -- NOTICED IT WAS SET ON 1200 -- RESET TO CODE PROVIDED BY DEP CTL. FLEW TO SCHEDULED DEST, CMH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED I FORGOT TO GET IFR CLRNC FROM THE ACARS VIA PDC IN PIT. PERHAPS INCLUSION OF A CHKLIST ITEM FOR 'CLRNC RECEIVED' MIGHT PREVENT RECURRENCE.

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.