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Light transport flight crew must divert due to WX, but alternate goes below minimums too. On divert back to originating airport, flight crew fails to get a rerte from dispatch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 365410 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lrd |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other landing : missed approach other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 365410 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
I went missed in drt. My alternate was below minimums. I called company flight control to get clearance to larado. En route to larado, thunderstorms closed larado. I called flight control again and was cleared to dfw, my airport of origin. However, with the change of destination, I never received an amendment to my flight release. While in the thunderstorms the radar was not working correctly. Once in the clear I write it up. On the ground the radar checked normal. In the thunderstorm without a radar I was trying to get in the clear and never officially had my flight release amended. Our company just went part 121. The dispatcher was by himself in his second week of the transition.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT FLC MUST DIVERT DUE TO WX, BUT ALTERNATE GOES BELOW MINIMUMS TOO. ON DIVERT BACK TO ORIGINATING ARPT, FLC FAILS TO GET A RERTE FROM DISPATCH.
Narrative: I WENT MISSED IN DRT. MY ALTERNATE WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. I CALLED COMPANY FLT CTL TO GET CLRNC TO LARADO. ENRTE TO LARADO, TSTMS CLOSED LARADO. I CALLED FLT CTL AGAIN AND WAS CLRED TO DFW, MY ARPT OF ORIGIN. HOWEVER, WITH THE CHANGE OF DEST, I NEVER RECEIVED AN AMENDMENT TO MY FLT RELEASE. WHILE IN THE TSTMS THE RADAR WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. ONCE IN THE CLR I WRITE IT UP. ON THE GND THE RADAR CHKED NORMAL. IN THE TSTM WITHOUT A RADAR I WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE CLR AND NEVER OFFICIALLY HAD MY FLT RELEASE AMENDED. OUR COMPANY JUST WENT PART 121. THE DISPATCHER WAS BY HIMSELF IN HIS SECOND WK OF THE TRANSITION.
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.