Non overwater aircraft assigned to overwater flight.

Attributes
ACN	288876
Time
Date	199411
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : srq airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma tower : jax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	288876
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	288879
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Dispatched mia-den flight with non overwater aircraft on an overwater route. Database in the computer showed route as a domestic route. Database has been corrected. Supplemental information from acn 288879: aircraft was non-overwater and advised flight that they would need to stay over land. Dispatcher filed and released flight on overwater route, believing there was no problem. Discovered later that the route had been entered incorrectly and was tagged a non-overwater route. Since the computer was programmed to stop anyone from putting a non-over water aircraft on an over water route, it didn't work in this case since the route was tagged incorrectly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NON OVERWATER ACFT ASSIGNED TO OVERWATER FLT.

Narrative: DISPATCHED MIA-DEN FLT WITH NON OVERWATER ACFT ON AN OVERWATER RTE. DATABASE IN THE COMPUTER SHOWED RTE AS A DOMESTIC RTE. DATABASE HAS BEEN CORRECTED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 288879: ACFT WAS NON-OVERWATER AND ADVISED FLT THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO STAY OVER LAND. DISPATCHER FILED AND RELEASED FLT ON OVERWATER RTE, BELIEVING THERE WAS NO PROB. DISCOVERED LATER THAT THE RTE HAD BEEN ENTERED INCORRECTLY AND WAS TAGGED A NON-OVERWATER RTE. SINCE THE COMPUTER WAS PROGRAMMED TO STOP ANYONE FROM PUTTING A NON-OVER WATER ACFT ON AN OVER WATER RTE, IT DIDN'T WORK IN THIS CASE SINCE THE RTE WAS TAGGED INCORRECTLY.

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.