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An air carrier aircraft departed without filing a required alternate airport due to a late receipt of the latest WX forecast by the company dispatcher.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 243727 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sav |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 16000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : sav |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| ASRS Report | 243727 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight left as scheduled at xxxxz, at time of departure release did not require an alternate. At xxyyz national WX service amended the forecast to require an alternate for the destination, but my computer net didn't receive the amendment until xxxaz -- 1/2 hour after the amendment. The flight continued without an alternate and landed without incident. I contacted the crew prior to landing and they felt they could safely continue the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR ACFT DEPARTED WITHOUT FILING A REQUIRED ALTERNATE ARPT DUE TO A LATE RECEIPT OF THE LATEST WX FORECAST BY THE COMPANY DISPATCHER.
Narrative: FLT LEFT AS SCHEDULED AT XXXXZ, AT TIME OF DEP RELEASE DID NOT REQUIRE AN ALTERNATE. AT XXYYZ NATIONAL WX SVC AMENDED THE FORECAST TO REQUIRE AN ALTERNATE FOR THE DEST, BUT MY COMPUTER NET DIDN'T RECEIVE THE AMENDMENT UNTIL XXXAZ -- 1/2 HR AFTER THE AMENDMENT. THE FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT AN ALTERNATE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I CONTACTED THE CREW PRIOR TO LNDG AND THEY FELT THEY COULD SAFELY CONTINUE THE FLT.
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.