Date: 201905
Local time of day: 1801-2400
Location: ZZZ.Airport, US
Aircraft: B737-800
Operator: Air Carrier
Operating under: Part 121
Flight plan: IFR
Mission: Passenger
Flight phase: Parked
Airspace: Class C ZZZ
ATC / advisory: Tower ZZZ
Reporter organization: Air Carrier
Reporter function: Captain; Pilot Not Flying
Reporter qualification: Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Human factors: Situational Awareness
Second reporter function: Pilot Not Flying; First Officer
Anomaly: Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Detector: Person Flight Crew
When detected: In-flight
Result: Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Maintenance Action
Contributing factors: Human Factors; Procedure
Primary problem: Procedure

Narrative: Did not have a NOTOC [Notice to Captain] for our dry ice. During taxi out/ before takeoff checklist; FO [First Officer] mistook 'R/A' for 'L/A' and mentioned that we had one live animal in the aft cargo. It was twilight; not quite needing overhead lights to review the printout from ACARS. We completed our checks and departed ZZZ. After level off; I happened to scroll through a message on the FMC ACARS page that had our close out . When I saw it; I noticed the line labeled 'R/A' instead; and double checked with Dispatch; saying we had not received a NOTOC at the gate at ZZZ. Dispatch messaged ZZZ; and then he forwarded the missing NOTOC to us: a single package containing dry ice was indeed in the aft cargo compartment. To prevent this in the future: presumably crew chief will not forget documents to give to the Captain. Failing that; a brighter light on the printout; during review of the close out; will help us trap the crew chief/cargo error.


Second narrative: While taxiing to the Runway XXR in ZZZ I failed to notice the Restricted Article in the AFT cargo compartment on the load close out; and we had not received a NOTOC [Notice to Captain] for a restricted article from the station. In the late stages of the climb the Captain; happened to notice the R/A for the aft cargo compartment with a yes in the box on the closeout. We immediately sent Dispatch a message and they sent a NOTOC for one package of dry-ice via ACARS. While reviewing the load closeout I was momentarily distracted by a call from ground about a flow delay to ZZZ1 and wrote down the flow time. I had been checking off items on the load closeout as I reviewed them and verified the information. I believe I mistook the check from a previous item for a completed review of the Restricted Articles item; when I got back to my load closeout review; after getting the flow delay from ground. I believe that I just need to slow down and more deliberate in reviewing all load closeout items. I also need to be more neat in checking off verified items on the closeout so I don't skip over an item. I think these simple adjustments will prevent me from failing to notice the presence of Restricted Article in the cargo compartment without the required NOTOC from the ground personnel.


Synopsis: B737-800 Flight Crew reported missing Hazmat required documents at departure airport.