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While en route, a flight crew discovered that the flight plan from dispatch was incorrect, exceeding NAVAID standard high altitude service volume.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303517 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 303517 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight was a part 121 cargo flight from mem to gtf. WX flight plan/release were reviewed and signed by captain and first officer prior to departure. While en route, captain noticed that the distance between several of the flight planned fixes well exceeded usable service volumes of navaids (over 300 NM on some) and our aircraft type is not equipped with long range navigation equipment. Our flight should never have been filed along such a route but we should have caught this error prior to departure. Company operates flight following system vice dispatch system. These types of errors are becoming commonplace in our system. Seems as if 'dispatchers' are not as careful since they don't have a 'ticket' at stake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHILE ENRTE, A FLC DISCOVERED THAT THE FLT PLAN FROM DISPATCH WAS INCORRECT, EXCEEDING NAVAID STANDARD HIGH ALT SVC VOLUME.
Narrative: FLT WAS A PART 121 CARGO FLT FROM MEM TO GTF. WX FLT PLAN/RELEASE WERE REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY CAPT AND FO PRIOR TO DEP. WHILE ENRTE, CAPT NOTICED THAT THE DISTANCE BTWN SEVERAL OF THE FLT PLANNED FIXES WELL EXCEEDED USABLE SVC VOLUMES OF NAVAIDS (OVER 300 NM ON SOME) AND OUR ACFT TYPE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH LONG RANGE NAV EQUIP. OUR FLT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FILED ALONG SUCH A RTE BUT WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS ERROR PRIOR TO DEP. COMPANY OPERATES FLT FOLLOWING SYS VICE DISPATCH SYS. THESE TYPES OF ERRORS ARE BECOMING COMMONPLACE IN OUR SYS. SEEMS AS IF 'DISPATCHERS' ARE NOT AS CAREFUL SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE A 'TICKET' AT STAKE.
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.