Part 135 PIC failed to call for taxi clearance prior to leaving ramp.

Attributes
ACN	296457
Time
Date	199502
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gfk
State Reference	ND
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 3940 flight time type : 1689
ASRS Report	296457
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I forgot to make sure we had a clearance to taxi. We had taken the aircraft up for a test flight to make sure the stall warning indicator was fixed. Test flight was satisfactory so we returned to the airport. It was very close to departure time so I allowed myself to get rushed. We were in the office completing the paper work while the passenger were being loaded (my copilot and the ticket agents were working with the passenger). It was a very cold morning so I hurried back out and started the engines. I was also in a hurry to get the flight out on time. I started to taxi and assumed the copilot had got the clearance to taxi since he had already got the IFR clearance. Ground never said a word to us, but after we had entered the taxiway from the ramp, I wasn't sure we had the clearance so I called and got one. Nothing more was said. We had just begun to taxi on the taxiway, no other aircraft were around so there were no serious problems. Contributing factors: letting myself become rushed to get the flight out on time and not following our general operations manual which states that the PIC does all the communicating on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PART 135 PIC FAILED TO CALL FOR TAXI CLRNC PRIOR TO LEAVING RAMP.

Narrative: I FORGOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A CLRNC TO TAXI. WE HAD TAKEN THE ACFT UP FOR A TEST FLT TO MAKE SURE THE STALL WARNING INDICATOR WAS FIXED. TEST FLT WAS SATISFACTORY SO WE RETURNED TO THE ARPT. IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO DEP TIME SO I ALLOWED MYSELF TO GET RUSHED. WE WERE IN THE OFFICE COMPLETING THE PAPER WORK WHILE THE PAX WERE BEING LOADED (MY COPLT AND THE TICKET AGENTS WERE WORKING WITH THE PAX). IT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING SO I HURRIED BACK OUT AND STARTED THE ENGS. I WAS ALSO IN A HURRY TO GET THE FLT OUT ON TIME. I STARTED TO TAXI AND ASSUMED THE COPLT HAD GOT THE CLRNC TO TAXI SINCE HE HAD ALREADY GOT THE IFR CLRNC. GND NEVER SAID A WORD TO US, BUT AFTER WE HAD ENTERED THE TXWY FROM THE RAMP, I WASN'T SURE WE HAD THE CLRNC SO I CALLED AND GOT ONE. NOTHING MORE WAS SAID. WE HAD JUST BEGUN TO TAXI ON THE TXWY, NO OTHER ACFT WERE AROUND SO THERE WERE NO SERIOUS PROBS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: LETTING MYSELF BECOME RUSHED TO GET THE FLT OUT ON TIME AND NOT FOLLOWING OUR GENERAL OPS MANUAL WHICH STATES THAT THE PIC DOES ALL THE COMMUNICATING ON THE GND.

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.