Flight crew of a dehavilland, dash-8, takeoff without clearance when their clearance for position an...

Attributes
ACN	486729
Time
Date	200009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hvn.airport
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	486729
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer was on radio as we taxied to runway. He was given a clearance to taxi into position and hold. I did not hear the clearance due to static and bleed over. I asked the first officer what the clearance was and he stated 'cleared for takeoff.' we proceeded with takeoff. Out of approximately 800 ft AGL the controller advised us that the clearance was position and hold. However, there was no conflict and no further action would be taken. In hindsight I should have asked the first officer to verify the clearance with the tower prior to takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A DEHAVILLAND, DASH-8, TKOF WITHOUT CLRNC WHEN THEIR CLRNC FOR POS AND HOLD ONLY.

Narrative: FO WAS ON RADIO AS WE TAXIED TO RWY. HE WAS GIVEN A CLRNC TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD. I DID NOT HEAR THE CLRNC DUE TO STATIC AND BLEED OVER. I ASKED THE FO WHAT THE CLRNC WAS AND HE STATED 'CLRED FOR TKOF.' WE PROCEEDED WITH TKOF. OUT OF APPROX 800 FT AGL THE CTLR ADVISED US THAT THE CLRNC WAS POS AND HOLD. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO CONFLICT AND NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. IN HINDSIGHT I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE FO TO VERIFY THE CLRNC WITH THE TWR PRIOR TO TKOF.

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.

Flight crew of a dehavilland, dash-8, takeoff without clearance when their clearance for position and hold only.