Narrative:

A thunderstorm avoidance route was requested from our in house support staff. This route was built and loaded into the flight planning computer. Unfortunately I did not read the complete route prior to dispatch release. This resulted in a domestic equipped aircraft flying a segment over water more than 50 mi from a shoreline. No corrective action was taken since it was not noted until the aircraft was already half way across the water segment, and continuation to gri was just as close as the nearest shoreline. The aircraft did attempt to contact dispatch during this time but no communications were established. I have had this route removed from my flight planning computer.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG, NON EQUIPPED FOR OVERWATER FLT, IS DISPATCHED OVER ROUTE THAT EXCEEDED FEDERAL AVIATION REG RULING OF 50 MILES OFF SHORE.

Narrative: A TSTM AVOIDANCE RTE WAS REQUESTED FROM OUR IN HOUSE SUPPORT STAFF. THIS RTE WAS BUILT AND LOADED INTO THE FLT PLANNING COMPUTER. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT READ THE COMPLETE RTE PRIOR TO DISPATCH RELEASE. THIS RESULTED IN A DOMESTIC EQUIPPED ACFT FLYING A SEGMENT OVER WATER MORE THAN 50 MI FROM A SHORELINE. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN SINCE IT WAS NOT NOTED UNTIL THE ACFT WAS ALREADY HALF WAY ACROSS THE WATER SEGMENT, AND CONTINUATION TO GRI WAS JUST AS CLOSE AS THE NEAREST SHORELINE. THE ACFT DID ATTEMPT TO CONTACT DISPATCH DURING THIS TIME BUT NO COMS WERE ESTABLISHED. I HAVE HAD THIS RTE REMOVED FROM MY FLT PLANNING COMPUTER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.