A corporate jet flight crew departs their non tower airport for a VFR pick up of the IFR clearance b...

Attributes
ACN	548856
Time
Date	200205
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	SC
Altitude	msl single value : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	548856
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance ATC Facility Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

IFR flight plan rock hill (uza) to shenandoah valley (shd). While on the ground received the following IFR clearance on the remote communication outlet (rco), 'cleared to shd by-way-of hugo 5 departure, robay transition, pulaski, montebello, direct. Maintain 2500 ft. Contact departure squawking XXXX. Hold for release.' completed checklist. Set radio and transponder for departure, then tried to contact charlotte approach for release with no success. Took off VFR to remain over rock hill below 2500 ft to contact approach while airborne. Did not change transponder to VFR code. This caused charlotte approach to believe the IFR departure was made without a release. Called charlotte approach after landing at shd to explain and was advised that the VFR departure was ok but should have been on the VFR code (1200). Was also advised that communication on some rco's is not good. Corrective action: pilot -- use appropriate transponder code. Approach control -- if too busy to answer a communication call, advise to standby to let the caller know the transmission was heard. If rco causes a continuous ground contact problem, a ground location on the airport where communication is successful should be published by the airport manager or an antenna relocation may possibly be needed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CORPORATE JET FLC DEPARTS THEIR NON TWR ARPT FOR A VFR PICK UP OF THE IFR CLRNC BUT FAILED TO SQUAWK A VFR CODE WHEN DOING SO AT UZA, SC.

Narrative: IFR FLT PLAN ROCK HILL (UZA) TO SHENANDOAH VALLEY (SHD). WHILE ON THE GND RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING IFR CLRNC ON THE REMOTE COM OUTLET (RCO), 'CLRED TO SHD BY-WAY-OF HUGO 5 DEP, ROBAY TRANSITION, PULASKI, MONTEBELLO, DIRECT. MAINTAIN 2500 FT. CONTACT DEP SQUAWKING XXXX. HOLD FOR RELEASE.' COMPLETED CHKLIST. SET RADIO AND XPONDER FOR DEP, THEN TRIED TO CONTACT CHARLOTTE APCH FOR RELEASE WITH NO SUCCESS. TOOK OFF VFR TO REMAIN OVER ROCK HILL BELOW 2500 FT TO CONTACT APCH WHILE AIRBORNE. DID NOT CHANGE XPONDER TO VFR CODE. THIS CAUSED CHARLOTTE APCH TO BELIEVE THE IFR DEP WAS MADE WITHOUT A RELEASE. CALLED CHARLOTTE APCH AFTER LNDG AT SHD TO EXPLAIN AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VFR DEP WAS OK BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE VFR CODE (1200). WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT COM ON SOME RCO'S IS NOT GOOD. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PLT -- USE APPROPRIATE XPONDER CODE. APCH CTL -- IF TOO BUSY TO ANSWER A COM CALL, ADVISE TO STANDBY TO LET THE CALLER KNOW THE XMISSION WAS HEARD. IF RCO CAUSES A CONTINUOUS GND CONTACT PROB, A GND LOCATION ON THE ARPT WHERE COM IS SUCCESSFUL SHOULD BE PUBLISHED BY THE ARPT MGR OR AN ANTENNA RELOCATION MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED.

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.

A corporate jet flight crew departs their non tower airport for a VFR pick up of the IFR clearance but failed to squawk a VFR code when doing so at uza, sc.