Light transport aircraft. Reporter captain says on the last day of a 4 day sequence and being in somewhat of a rush, he missed seeing the routing change. Thus, the usual route flown would provide for a higher altitude when handed off from departure controller, but on this route reporter was unable to establish communication with center and had to remain at an altitude below MEA.

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Attributes
ACN	366639
Time
Date	199704
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zma
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zma enroute 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 : 60 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	366639
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Being the last day of a 4 day sequence and being in somewhat of a rush, I missed the route change given by dispatch. For the past 4 yrs it's always been the 271 degree radial out of nassau to intercept the arrival. The new route that I missed was north toward freeport. Being we were filed for 6000 ft and the MEA was 11000 ft, I planned to ask center for 12000 ft which is what we usually received. After nassau departure handed us off to center with no mention of our route we were unable to raise them. Since we were assigned 6000 ft, I couldn't climb to 12000 ft without permission. We continued to fly our normal route until contacting center at which point nothing was said. From now on, I will always doublechk the filed route no matter how many times I have flown it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT ACFT. RPTR CAPT SAYS ON THE LAST DAY OF A 4 DAY SEQUENCE AND BEING IN SOMEWHAT OF A RUSH, HE MISSED SEEING THE ROUTING CHANGE. THUS, THE USUAL RTE FLOWN WOULD PROVIDE FOR A HIGHER ALT WHEN HANDED OFF FROM DEP CTLR, BUT ON THIS RTE RPTR WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH COM WITH CTR AND HAD TO REMAIN AT AN ALT BELOW MEA.

Narrative: BEING THE LAST DAY OF A 4 DAY SEQUENCE AND BEING IN SOMEWHAT OF A RUSH, I MISSED THE RTE CHANGE GIVEN BY DISPATCH. FOR THE PAST 4 YRS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE 271 DEG RADIAL OUT OF NASSAU TO INTERCEPT THE ARR. THE NEW RTE THAT I MISSED WAS N TOWARD FREEPORT. BEING WE WERE FILED FOR 6000 FT AND THE MEA WAS 11000 FT, I PLANNED TO ASK CTR FOR 12000 FT WHICH IS WHAT WE USUALLY RECEIVED. AFTER NASSAU DEP HANDED US OFF TO CTR WITH NO MENTION OF OUR RTE WE WERE UNABLE TO RAISE THEM. SINCE WE WERE ASSIGNED 6000 FT, I COULDN'T CLB TO 12000 FT WITHOUT PERMISSION. WE CONTINUED TO FLY OUR NORMAL RTE UNTIL CONTACTING CTR AT WHICH POINT NOTHING WAS SAID. FROM NOW ON, I WILL ALWAYS DOUBLECHK THE FILED RTE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE FLOWN IT.

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.