An air carrier MD80 flight crew departed without their pre departure clearance and without contacting clearance delivery. After takeoff they obtained their transponder code and their route clearance and continued to their destination.

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Attributes
ACN	401080
Time
Date	199804
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9400 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	401080
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 controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

My company has flight plans filed with ATC. At the gate I forgot to get my IFR clearance. Both ground and tower did not catch the mistake, and departure control asked if we had a certain squawk in the transponder. It was at that time I remembered I did not get the clearance. We verified our routing and continued on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MD80 FLC DEPARTED WITHOUT THEIR PDC AND WITHOUT CONTACTING CLRNC DELIVERY. AFTER TKOF THEY OBTAINED THEIR XPONDER CODE AND THEIR RTE CLRNC AND CONTINUED TO THEIR DEST.

Narrative: MY COMPANY HAS FLT PLANS FILED WITH ATC. AT THE GATE I FORGOT TO GET MY IFR CLRNC. BOTH GND AND TWR DID NOT CATCH THE MISTAKE, AND DEP CTL ASKED IF WE HAD A CERTAIN SQUAWK IN THE XPONDER. IT WAS AT THAT TIME I REMEMBERED I DID NOT GET THE CLRNC. WE VERIFIED OUR ROUTING AND CONTINUED ON.

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.