DISTR GA PLT OVERLOOKS PUBLISHED OBSTACLE DEP PROC IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF AND IS ADVISED BY SCT CTLR.

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AFTER LOADING AND FUELING ACFT; I FILED AN INST FLT PLAN FROM SEE TO PVW. SEE CONDITIONS WERE 600 FT OVCST AND 1.5 MI VISIBILITY. OVCST LAYER WAS THIN. I STARTED ACFT; COMPLETED PRE TAXI CHKLIST; CONSULTED ATIS AND OBTAINED TAXI CLRNC BEFORE MY IFR FLT PLAN WAS AVAILABLE. COPIED IFR FLT PLAN DURING TAXI AND REQUESTED THAT IT BE REPEATED DUE TO UNCLR INSTRUCTIONS. BOTH CTLR AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT I HAD CORRECT INSTRUCTIONS AFTER MY READBACK OF THE REPEATED CLRNC. I HAD BEEN DISTR BY 1) CONTINUING TO TAXI WHILE TRYING TO COPY CLRNC; AND 2) DISTRACTING CONVERSATION FROM MY PAX; WHO HAD BEEN FLYING WITH ME FOR YRS. I SHOULD HAVE INSTRUCTED ME R FRONT SEAT PAX TO REMAIN SILENT DURING THIS CRITICAL PART OF FLT PREPARATION; AND SHOULD HAVE HAD THE ACFT STOPPED AT THE RUNUP AREA BEFORE ACCEPTING MY CLRNC. WHEN TKOF CLRNC BECAME AVAILABLE; HAVING COMPLETED RUNUP AND PRE TKOF CHKLISTS; I DEPARTED DIRECT MISSION BAY VOR; RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE PUBLISHED (OBSTACLE) DEP PROC. I WAS ALERTED OF MY ERROR BY SAN DIEGO APCH ABOUT 2 MINS INTO THE FLT AT ABOUT 3000 FT MSL; WHILE IN VMC ON TOP CONDITIONS. BY FAILING TO CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOW THE DEP PROC; I HAD 1) GIVEN MYSELF LESS TERRAIN CLRNC; AND 2) CREATED POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT WITHIN THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. REMAINDER OF FLT TO PVW WAS CONDUCTED UNEVENTFULLY. IN 20 YRS OF FREQUENT INST FLYING; I HAD NEVER BEFORE HAD OCCASION TO CONSULT THE OBSTACLE DEP PROCS/IFR TKOF MINIMUMS SECTION OF MY APCH CHART BOOKLET; NOR HAVE I EVER REVIEWED OR DISCUSSED THIS WITH ANY OF MY MANY INSTRUCTORS OVER THE YRS. I WILL SHORTLY SCHEDULE AN ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION; REVIEW AND FLT SESSION WITH MY INSTRUCTOR TO DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT AND WILL NEVER AGAIN ALLOW TIME CONSIDERATIONS TO DEPRIVE ME OF REVIEW OF THESE PROCS BEFORE ENTERING THE ACFT. I HAD ALLOWED COMPLACENCY TO REPLACE PROPER PREPARATION.