SF34 captain took off without a valid company flight release.

Attributes
ACN	485100
Time
Date	200009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : act.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : pushback ground : taxi ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 420
ASRS Report	485100
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 235 flight time total : 5900 flight time type : 1083
ASRS Report	485535
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Took off of waco, tx (act). We got a cargo door light on central warning panel. We returned to land right away. In the traffic pattern, the warning went away, but the captain wanted to land and have the ground personnel check the door. We landed safely. The door was secure. It must have been in the sensor system. Now to the problem. I questioned the captain about calling dispatch with the situation. He refused. He said that he was talking to operations on the radio. I did not hear what they were talking about because I was making a PA to our passenger and the flight attendant, informing them of the situation. I was also talking to the ground controller in waco tower on the other radio. I told the captain I thought we needed to get a new flight release before we left. He said we did not. We left act and had an uneventful flight to dfw. Everything about the flight was safe. That is not my situation. After landing at dfw, I reviewed the company manual, and read that we should have gotten a new release before we left waco the second time. I do not know what the captain was saying to operations. He may have received a verbal release before we left, but I am not sure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SF34 CAPT TOOK OFF WITHOUT A VALID COMPANY FLT RELEASE.

Narrative: TOOK OFF OF WACO, TX (ACT). WE GOT A CARGO DOOR LIGHT ON CENTRAL WARNING PANEL. WE RETURNED TO LAND RIGHT AWAY. IN THE TFC PATTERN, THE WARNING WENT AWAY, BUT THE CAPT WANTED TO LAND AND HAVE THE GND PERSONNEL CHK THE DOOR. WE LANDED SAFELY. THE DOOR WAS SECURE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE SENSOR SYS. NOW TO THE PROB. I QUESTIONED THE CAPT ABOUT CALLING DISPATCH WITH THE SIT. HE REFUSED. HE SAID THAT HE WAS TALKING TO OPS ON THE RADIO. I DID NOT HEAR WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A PA TO OUR PAX AND THE FLT ATTENDANT, INFORMING THEM OF THE SIT. I WAS ALSO TALKING TO THE GND CTLR IN WACO TWR ON THE OTHER RADIO. I TOLD THE CAPT I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO GET A NEW FLT RELEASE BEFORE WE LEFT. HE SAID WE DID NOT. WE LEFT ACT AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FLT TO DFW. EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FLT WAS SAFE. THAT IS NOT MY SIT. AFTER LNDG AT DFW, I REVIEWED THE COMPANY MANUAL, AND READ THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A NEW RELEASE BEFORE WE LEFT WACO THE SECOND TIME. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAPT WAS SAYING TO OPS. HE MAY HAVE RECEIVED A VERBAL RELEASE BEFORE WE LEFT, BUT I AM NOT SURE.

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.