Narrative:

On apr/xx/95, while waiting to fly a scheduled flight from grb, wi (one of our company outstations), another company airplane arrived with a hydraulic leak. The other airplane's crew took our airplane and the first officer and I were told to ferry the defective airplane to grr, mi (our company's maintenance base). We were told this in very clear terms by the company's system operation control at mdw. We were also advised that a flight plan would be on file from grb to grr. While I was confirming this over the phone with system control in chicago, the local FBO mechanic was on the phone with our company maintenance control in memphis filling out the ferry permit. When we both got off the phone, the mechanics gave me the paper work and left. I went down to the airplane to do a preflight and get the clearance. When examining the paper work as I was preparing to do the before start checklist, I noticed that the permit said mdw instead of grr as the destination airport. Believing this to be an error, I changed the mdw to grr and proceeded with the flight. Upon arrival to grr I was told that we were supposed to have ferried the airplane to mdw even though system control at mdw had just told me differently and had filed a flight plan for me from grb to grr. Although we had been monitoring the operations frequency the entire flight, it wasn't until after we touched down that we were told that we were supposed to fly to mdw. This incident impressed upon me the sacredness of the paper work and never to change it even if it seems to be in obvious error.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN LTT FERRY FLT CHANGED THE DEST ON THE PERMIT AND FLEW TO THE WRONG DEST.

Narrative: ON APR/XX/95, WHILE WAITING TO FLY A SCHEDULED FLT FROM GRB, WI (ONE OF OUR COMPANY OUTSTATIONS), ANOTHER COMPANY AIRPLANE ARRIVED WITH A HYD LEAK. THE OTHER AIRPLANE'S CREW TOOK OUR AIRPLANE AND THE FO AND I WERE TOLD TO FERRY THE DEFECTIVE AIRPLANE TO GRR, MI (OUR COMPANY'S MAINT BASE). WE WERE TOLD THIS IN VERY CLR TERMS BY THE COMPANY'S SYS OP CTL AT MDW. WE WERE ALSO ADVISED THAT A FLT PLAN WOULD BE ON FILE FROM GRB TO GRR. WHILE I WAS CONFIRMING THIS OVER THE PHONE WITH SYS CTL IN CHICAGO, THE LCL FBO MECH WAS ON THE PHONE WITH OUR COMPANY MAINT CTL IN MEMPHIS FILLING OUT THE FERRY PERMIT. WHEN WE BOTH GOT OFF THE PHONE, THE MECHS GAVE ME THE PAPER WORK AND LEFT. I WENT DOWN TO THE AIRPLANE TO DO A PREFLT AND GET THE CLRNC. WHEN EXAMINING THE PAPER WORK AS I WAS PREPARING TO DO THE BEFORE START CHKLIST, I NOTICED THAT THE PERMIT SAID MDW INSTEAD OF GRR AS THE DEST ARPT. BELIEVING THIS TO BE AN ERROR, I CHANGED THE MDW TO GRR AND PROCEEDED WITH THE FLT. UPON ARR TO GRR I WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FERRIED THE AIRPLANE TO MDW EVEN THOUGH SYS CTL AT MDW HAD JUST TOLD ME DIFFERENTLY AND HAD FILED A FLT PLAN FOR ME FROM GRB TO GRR. ALTHOUGH WE HAD BEEN MONITORING THE OPS FREQ THE ENTIRE FLT, IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER WE TOUCHED DOWN THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FLY TO MDW. THIS INCIDENT IMPRESSED UPON ME THE SACREDNESS OF THE PAPER WORK AND NEVER TO CHANGE IT EVEN IF IT SEEMS TO BE IN OBVIOUS ERROR.

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.