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Enroute controller voiced frustration with a local tower who knowingly issued RNAV procedures to an aircraft that was not equipped to fly RNAV procedures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1102522 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201307 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560) |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
A citation V departed ZZZ on a RNAV arrival to the destination. As he was climbing; he told me that he was unable rvav dps and stars and could not fly the assigned arrival. This was the second time in twenty minutes I had pilots tell me in the air that they were cleared on a route they could not fly. I said; 'this is really something that should be handled on the ground;' and proceeded to fix the route. He relayed that he informed the tower he could not accept RNAV arrival. They're response was something like; 'we are a little busy and we do not have a route for you; they will fix it in the air.' the tower launched him on a route he knew he could not fly and told him to get a new route from the center in the air. This is unacceptable. Recommendation; inform the tower that 'fixing it in the air' is not a viable option.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Enroute Controller voiced frustration with a local Tower who knowingly issued RNAV procedures to an aircraft that was not equipped to fly RNAV procedures.
Narrative: A Citation V departed ZZZ on a RNAV arrival to the destination. As he was climbing; he told me that he was unable RVAV DPs and STARs and could not fly the assigned arrival. This was the second time in twenty minutes I had pilots tell me in the air that they were cleared on a route they could not fly. I said; 'this is really something that should be handled on the ground;' and proceeded to fix the route. He relayed that he informed the Tower he could not accept RNAV arrival. They're response was something like; 'We are a little busy and we do not have a route for you; they will fix it in the air.' The Tower launched him on a route he knew he could not fly and told him to get a new route from the Center in the air. This is unacceptable. Recommendation; inform the Tower that 'fixing it in the air' is not a viable option.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.