Airmet WX advisory. Specific WX not available at ARTCC sector for pilot briefing.

Attributes
ACN	198576
Time
Date	199201
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : slc
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc tower : bwi
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	198576
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Jan/xx/92, while working salt lake ARTCC sector 16, an airmet was delivered to the sector and broadcast. 10 mins later a pilot questioned the specifics of the airmet, which had encompassed the western united states, after he had talked to flight watch and been told only of icing in nv and ca. When we asked for a copy of the associated WX that the airmet was based on we were informed that it was unavailable except on the mwp WX briefing terminal, and controllers are not allowed to use this equipment due to not being certified or trained on this equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIRMET WX ADVISORY. SPECIFIC WX NOT AVAILABLE AT ARTCC SECTOR FOR PLT BRIEFING.

Narrative: JAN/XX/92, WHILE WORKING SALT LAKE ARTCC SECTOR 16, AN AIRMET WAS DELIVERED TO THE SECTOR AND BROADCAST. 10 MINS LATER A PLT QUESTIONED THE SPECIFICS OF THE AIRMET, WHICH HAD ENCOMPASSED THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, AFTER HE HAD TALKED TO FLT WATCH AND BEEN TOLD ONLY OF ICING IN NV AND CA. WHEN WE ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE ASSOCIATED WX THAT THE AIRMET WAS BASED ON WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WAS UNAVAILABLE EXCEPT ON THE MWP WX BRIEFING TERMINAL, AND CTLRS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THIS EQUIP DUE TO NOT BEING CERTIFIED OR TRAINED ON THIS EQUIP.

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.