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Flight deck confusion and intermittent communications with ATC resulted in a B777 entering oceanic airspace without a clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1141204 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201401 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BIRD.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | HF SSB |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 13000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Relief Pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Queried edmonton ATC several times about when/how to obtain oceanic clearance. Finally gave us HF frequency. About that time my crew meal came up; I began to eat and the relief pilot called gander radio; advised we were cpdlc and requested a SELCAL check; but it did not register with me that he did not specifically request an oceanic clearance. Shortly; after crossing the fir boundary; we received SELCAL and were given an oceanic clearance. Poor HF made the process very difficult but finally heard 'readback correct.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight deck confusion and intermittent communications with ATC resulted in a B777 entering oceanic airspace without a clearance.
Narrative: Queried Edmonton ATC several times about when/how to obtain oceanic clearance. Finally gave us HF frequency. About that time my crew meal came up; I began to eat and the relief pilot called Gander radio; advised we were CPDLC and requested a SELCAL check; but it did not register with me that he did not specifically request an oceanic clearance. Shortly; after crossing the FIR boundary; we received SELCAL and were given an oceanic clearance. Poor HF made the process very difficult but finally heard 'readback correct.'
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.