A B737 first officer reported that he and the captain departed sfo without all the required paperwor...

Attributes
ACN	601957
Time
Date	200312
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	601957
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

En route to sfo, a passenger required the use of the therapeutic oxygen. We then entered the use of the oxygen bottle in the logbook and contacted sfo maintenance. On the ground in sfo, maintenance MEL'ed the oxygen bottle and put the MEL sticker on the oxygen bottle. We called sfo operations at the gate to let them know that we needed an amended release to reflect this new MEL. We didn't receive any amended release from operations nor from dispatch via ACARS by the time we pushed back, but we deiced to get the amended release on taxi out. We, however, forgot to give sfo a second call while taxiing out. After takeoff (we realized we hadn't received our amended release and we promptly contacted sfo operations. Sfo hadn't been contacted by dispatch and, thus, they assumed dispatch contacted us via ACARS for the amended release. We contacted maintenance control on the ground in psp to clarify the breakdown in communications.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FO RPTED THAT HE AND THE CAPT DEPARTED SFO WITHOUT ALL THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK.

Narrative: ENRTE TO SFO, A PAX REQUIRED THE USE OF THE THERAPEUTIC OXYGEN. WE THEN ENTERED THE USE OF THE OXYGEN BOTTLE IN THE LOGBOOK AND CONTACTED SFO MAINT. ON THE GND IN SFO, MAINT MEL'ED THE OXYGEN BOTTLE AND PUT THE MEL STICKER ON THE OXYGEN BOTTLE. WE CALLED SFO OPS AT THE GATE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE NEEDED AN AMENDED RELEASE TO REFLECT THIS NEW MEL. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY AMENDED RELEASE FROM OPS NOR FROM DISPATCH VIA ACARS BY THE TIME WE PUSHED BACK, BUT WE DEICED TO GET THE AMENDED RELEASE ON TAXI OUT. WE, HOWEVER, FORGOT TO GIVE SFO A SECOND CALL WHILE TAXIING OUT. AFTER TKOF (WE REALIZED WE HADN'T RECEIVED OUR AMENDED RELEASE AND WE PROMPTLY CONTACTED SFO OPS. SFO HADN'T BEEN CONTACTED BY DISPATCH AND, THUS, THEY ASSUMED DISPATCH CONTACTED US VIA ACARS FOR THE AMENDED RELEASE. WE CONTACTED MAINT CTL ON THE GND IN PSP TO CLARIFY THE BREAKDOWN IN COMS.

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 B737 first officer reported that he and the captain departed sfo without all the required paperwork.