Narrative:

This was an initial operating experience for the first officer. The original aircraft never left the hangar due to a mechanical problem. We were about an hour late when maintenance switched planes. The new aircraft was not overwater equipped, so the computer flight plan changed from overwater to an inland routing. Although the aircraft had several items inoperative and an originating preflight had to be done, I felt we could still make the connecting complex at our destination hub if we moved right along. The clearance came out of the aircraft printer. It started out the same as filed and the route loaded into the aircraft. What I failed to see was the clearance went out over the water down-line diverging from the filed inland route. We received direct clearance to a fix past the point where the filed and the clearance route split. Approaching our clearance limit, the next center was unable to take us. We quickly verified our filed routing with center and were then cleared as filed. During preflight I had thought the filed routing and the printed clearance were the same because, at first glance, they looked identical. It's what fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT WITH PDC READS ONLY PART OF CLRNC, OTHER PART TAKES OVERWATER AND NOT EQUIPPED.

Narrative: THIS WAS AN INITIAL OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE FO. THE ORIGINAL ACFT NEVER LEFT THE HANGAR DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROB. WE WERE ABOUT AN HR LATE WHEN MAINT SWITCHED PLANES. THE NEW ACFT WAS NOT OVERWATER EQUIPPED, SO THE COMPUTER FLT PLAN CHANGED FROM OVERWATER TO AN INLAND RTING. ALTHOUGH THE ACFT HAD SEVERAL ITEMS INOP AND AN ORIGINATING PREFLT HAD TO BE DONE, I FELT WE COULD STILL MAKE THE CONNECTING COMPLEX AT OUR DEST HUB IF WE MOVED RIGHT ALONG. THE CLRNC CAME OUT OF THE ACFT PRINTER. IT STARTED OUT THE SAME AS FILED AND THE RTE LOADED INTO THE ACFT. WHAT I FAILED TO SEE WAS THE CLRNC WENT OUT OVER THE WATER DOWN-LINE DIVERGING FROM THE FILED INLAND RTE. WE RECEIVED DIRECT CLRNC TO A FIX PAST THE POINT WHERE THE FILED AND THE CLRNC RTE SPLIT. APCHING OUR CLRNC LIMIT, THE NEXT CTR WAS UNABLE TO TAKE US. WE QUICKLY VERIFIED OUR FILED RTING WITH CTR AND WERE THEN CLRED AS FILED. DURING PREFLT I HAD THOUGHT THE FILED RTING AND THE PRINTED CLRNC WERE THE SAME BECAUSE, AT FIRST GLANCE, THEY LOOKED IDENTICAL. IT'S WHAT FELLOW THINKS HE KNOWS THAT HURTS HIM.

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.