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Flight crew of air carrier medium large transport declared an emergency in order to obtain an ATC clearance back to on-course and away from exceeding the 50 mi overwater aircraft equipment requirement (91 pt 509).
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 270942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199405 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lch |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 28000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu tracon : bdl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 270942 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 271355 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Departed as air carrier X scheduled passenger service from hub being radar vectored by houston departure. Assigned heading 150 degrees after takeoff, then 120 degrees for 3-4 mins, then 090 degrees. Handed off to center and was told to maintain 090 degrees expect on course in a min. Handed off again. No on-course clearance. Began verifying position by radar map and VHF crossfix. Advised center for need to turn towards land. No clearance received, declared emergency, told to standby. Waited 4 mins. Declared emergency again, this time center asked if we were overwater equipped. I said no and we were turning north. Unsure if 50 mi limit actually exceeded.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ACR MLG DECLARED AN EMER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN ATC CLRNC BACK TO ON-COURSE AND AWAY FROM EXCEEDING THE 50 MI OVERWATER ACFT EQUIP REQUIREMENT (91 PT 509).
Narrative: DEPARTED AS ACR X SCHEDULED PAX SVC FROM HUB BEING RADAR VECTORED BY HOUSTON DEP. ASSIGNED HDG 150 DEGS AFTER TKOF, THEN 120 DEGS FOR 3-4 MINS, THEN 090 DEGS. HANDED OFF TO CTR AND WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 090 DEGS EXPECT ON COURSE IN A MIN. HANDED OFF AGAIN. NO ON-COURSE CLRNC. BEGAN VERIFYING POS BY RADAR MAP AND VHF CROSSFIX. ADVISED CTR FOR NEED TO TURN TOWARDS LAND. NO CLRNC RECEIVED, DECLARED EMER, TOLD TO STANDBY. WAITED 4 MINS. DECLARED EMER AGAIN, THIS TIME CTR ASKED IF WE WERE OVERWATER EQUIPPED. I SAID NO AND WE WERE TURNING N. UNSURE IF 50 MI LIMIT ACTUALLY EXCEEDED.
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.