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United states customs not notified of aircraft arrival from mexico.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 118234 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198907 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bro |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 118234 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Depart mexico city, mexico for brownsville, tx on an IFR flight plan. Upon landing and parking at united states customs I was asked if I had called ahead to let them know I was coming. I replied that I had an IFR flight plan with them as my first stop. I was informed that they had not received it, therefore I was wrong. After a check was made (by customs) it was found that the IFR flight plan was not passed to the united states side of the border. I was well dressed down by united states customs and given 2 other means to inform them of my return to the united states from mexico to insure this did not happen again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNITED STATES CUSTOMS NOT NOTIFIED OF ACFT ARR FROM MEXICO.
Narrative: DEPART MEXICO CITY, MEXICO FOR BROWNSVILLE, TX ON AN IFR FLT PLAN. UPON LNDG AND PARKING AT UNITED STATES CUSTOMS I WAS ASKED IF I HAD CALLED AHEAD TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS COMING. I REPLIED THAT I HAD AN IFR FLT PLAN WITH THEM AS MY FIRST STOP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED IT, THEREFORE I WAS WRONG. AFTER A CHECK WAS MADE (BY CUSTOMS) IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IFR FLT PLAN WAS NOT PASSED TO THE UNITED STATES SIDE OF THE BORDER. I WAS WELL DRESSED DOWN BY UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND GIVEN 2 OTHER MEANS TO INFORM THEM OF MY RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO TO INSURE THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.