Flight crew used captain's emergency authority/authorized to deviate from assigned route to avoid li...

Attributes
ACN	317130
Time
Date	199509
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zny
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	317130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Sbound on A300 at FL330, line north of elwod, requested deviation through HF relay. Had to start deviation on captain's emergency authority/authorized due to communication lag. Advised by air carrier radio deviation wasn't approved due to the 30 mi request to the east which would have conflicted with A523. Phone patch with ATC controller got us the deviation. She said it was no problem since we only actually needed 14 NM east of course. ATC said there was no conflict or problem with the deviation. However we are filing this due to us using captain's emergency authority/authorized on the 14 mi east deviation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC USED CAPT'S EMER AUTH TO DEVIATE FROM ASSIGNED RTE TO AVOID LINE OF WX.

Narrative: SBOUND ON A300 AT FL330, LINE N OF ELWOD, REQUESTED DEV THROUGH HF RELAY. HAD TO START DEV ON CAPT'S EMER AUTH DUE TO COM LAG. ADVISED BY ACR RADIO DEV WASN'T APPROVED DUE TO THE 30 MI REQUEST TO THE E WHICH WOULD HAVE CONFLICTED WITH A523. PHONE PATCH WITH ATC CTLR GOT US THE DEV. SHE SAID IT WAS NO PROB SINCE WE ONLY ACTUALLY NEEDED 14 NM E OF COURSE. ATC SAID THERE WAS NO CONFLICT OR PROB WITH THE DEV. HOWEVER WE ARE FILING THIS DUE TO US USING CAPT'S EMER AUTH ON THE 14 MI E DEV.

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.

Flight crew used captain's emergency authority/authorized to deviate from assigned route to avoid line of WX.