A DC8-62 was dispatched without the required flight release documents.

Attributes
ACN	405140
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iln
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 62
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 : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	405140
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After departure it was discovered that our flight release required by far part 121 was not on board. Ground personnel apparently removed it when they took their paperwork.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC8-62 WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED FLT RELEASE DOCUMENTS.

Narrative: AFTER DEP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OUR FLT RELEASE REQUIRED BY FAR PART 121 WAS NOT ON BOARD. GND PERSONNEL APPARENTLY REMOVED IT WHEN THEY TOOK THEIR PAPERWORK.

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.