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A319 captain reported he was planned into canadian airspace with inoperative TCAS without complying with restrictions associated with that condition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1301720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The aircraft had an MEL for inoperative TCAS. The MEL stated only flight in contiguous 48 states allowed; however; the aircraft was being dispatched to canada. The MEL also stated that if the aircraft was dispatched out of the 48 contiguous states dispatch would have to contact the foreign fir (flight information region) for authorization to fly non-TCAS equipped aircraft into foreign rvsm airspace. I contacted dispatch and requested a printed statement saying this aircraft was authorized into canadian fir with no TCAS. After this request the dispatcher realized he had not contacted the canadian fir to get approval for a non-TCAS operation and we were re-dispatched into the canadian fir at fl 280 below rvsm airspace. Had I not questioned the original dispatch release (we were originally flight planned at FL320) and the flight had been flown on the original flight plan it would have violated canadian rvsm requirements resulting in an operational violation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported he was planned into Canadian airspace with inoperative TCAS without complying with restrictions associated with that condition.
Narrative: The aircraft had an MEL for inoperative TCAS. The MEL stated only flight in contiguous 48 states allowed; however; the aircraft was being dispatched to Canada. The MEL also stated that if the aircraft was dispatched out of the 48 contiguous states dispatch would have to contact the foreign FIR (Flight Information Region) for authorization to fly non-TCAS equipped aircraft into foreign RVSM airspace. I contacted dispatch and requested a printed statement saying this aircraft was authorized into Canadian FIR with no TCAS. After this request the dispatcher realized he had not contacted the Canadian FIR to get approval for a non-TCAS operation and we were re-dispatched into the Canadian FIR at FL 280 below RVSM airspace. Had I not questioned the original dispatch release (we were originally flight planned at FL320) and the flight had been flown on the original flight plan it would have violated Canadian RVSM requirements resulting in an operational violation.
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.