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Private pilot forgets to notify FSS of his change in destination airport, not closing his flight plan with FSS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 246132 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pkb |
| State Reference | WV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5500 msl bound upper : 5500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | military facility : ffo |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 58 flight time type : 58 |
| ASRS Report | 246132 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Failed to contact FSS when overdue for landing. Pilot recognized deteriorating VMC conditions and turned back to departure point. Due to the situation, pilot did not notify FSS until approximately 45 mins to 1 hour past predicted arrival time. At that time pilot was attempting to locate an airport still under VMC conditions and contacted wpafb operations for assistance. Due to high stress level and the pilot's efforts to maintain cloud separation requirements (for VFR), pilot failed to notify FSS. Pilot turned back about 45 mins from destination while still in VMC, although conditions were deteriorating rapidly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PRIVATE PLT FORGETS TO NOTIFY FSS OF HIS CHANGE IN DEST ARPT, NOT CLOSING HIS FLT PLAN WITH FSS.
Narrative: FAILED TO CONTACT FSS WHEN OVERDUE FOR LNDG. PLT RECOGNIZED DETERIORATING VMC CONDITIONS AND TURNED BACK TO DEP POINT. DUE TO THE SIT, PLT DID NOT NOTIFY FSS UNTIL APPROX 45 MINS TO 1 HR PAST PREDICTED ARR TIME. AT THAT TIME PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AN ARPT STILL UNDER VMC CONDITIONS AND CONTACTED WPAFB OPS FOR ASSISTANCE. DUE TO HIGH STRESS LEVEL AND THE PLT'S EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN CLOUD SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS (FOR VFR), PLT FAILED TO NOTIFY FSS. PLT TURNED BACK ABOUT 45 MINS FROM DEST WHILE STILL IN VMC, ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WERE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY.
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.