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Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft failed to obtain their pre departure clearance prior to takeoff resulting in ATC noticing the wrong transponder code after takeoff and flying on to their destination without their actual clearance in their possession during the entire flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 258581 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199312 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500 |
| 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 | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 258581 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After departure from pit, pit departure advised we were on wrong transponder. Entered correct transponder code and continued flight to scheduled destination (cmh). Upon arrival, cmh realized the reason for wrong transponder code was we failed to receive pre departure clearance clearance at pit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT FAILED TO OBTAIN THEIR PDC PRIOR TO TKOF RESULTING IN ATC NOTICING THE WRONG XPONDER CODE AFTER TKOF AND FLYING ON TO THEIR DEST WITHOUT THEIR ACTUAL CLRNC IN THEIR POSSESSION DURING THE ENTIRE FLT.
Narrative: AFTER DEP FROM PIT, PIT DEP ADVISED WE WERE ON WRONG XPONDER. ENTERED CORRECT XPONDER CODE AND CONTINUED FLT TO SCHEDULED DEST (CMH). UPON ARR, CMH REALIZED THE REASON FOR WRONG XPONDER CODE WAS WE FAILED TO RECEIVE PDC CLRNC AT PIT.
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.