Flight assistance with radar vectoring in proximity of thunderstorm activity.

Attributes
ACN	280106
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca tower : bwi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	280106
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Bad WX in washington, dc, airport area made it necessary to accept WX emergency radar vectors to avoid strong storm cells. Possible vector through dca restr area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ASSISTANCE WITH RADAR VECTORING IN PROX OF TSTM ACTIVITY.

Narrative: BAD WX IN WASHINGTON, DC, ARPT AREA MADE IT NECESSARY TO ACCEPT WX EMER RADAR VECTORS TO AVOID STRONG STORM CELLS. POSSIBLE VECTOR THROUGH DCA RESTR AREA.

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.