A BE1900 crew departed the gate with an expired checklist. They taxied back to the gate for a faxed copy when they realized their omission.
Synopsis
A BE1900 crew departed the gate with an expired checklist. They taxied back to the gate for a faxed copy when they realized their omission.
Narrative
We did an airplane swap to an aircraft which we received from the incoming flight crew. We were only scheduled for a 25 minute turn to swap aircraft and fuel the aircraft and board passengers. As we were taxing out to the runway; we realized that the checklists that we were using where the expired old ones. We couldn't find any of the revised ones onboard. I then proceeded to stop taxing and call dispatch to find out if we were legal to go with the old checklists. Dispatch checked with management and told us that we were not legal and that we should do a gate return back to the gate to pickup copies of the new checklist that they were going to fax over immediately to the station. Dispatch noted that we were legal to fly with the copies of the new checklists. After taxing back to the gate; we received copies of the new checklists. We then blocked out again and made the trip back to our crew base. Suggest allowing more ground time for crews to swap aircraft; fuel and board passengers so we are rushing less and have more time to validate current checklists and other preflight duties.
Second reporter narrative
The new checklist were placed in the aircraft at the crew base around the middle of the month. I noticed an email after my scheduled day of flying for an Ops Bulleting three days later. The Ops Bulleting or a notification should have come out prior to the use of and placement of the new checklist.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.