Air carrier pilot contacted his dispatcher to notify him that his company filed a routing utilizing ...

Attributes
ACN	408633
Time
Date	199807
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ord
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	408633
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I received a call from captain on air carrier jul/sat/98, ord-yyc. He relayed that ATC canada advised him that he was filed on FMS STAR-third-arrival and his aircraft was not FMS equipped. I called navigation data to correct the problem and discovered that several routes both out of dfw and ord to yyc had this STAR and were not restr to FMS equipped aircraft. Further investigation revealed that several aircraft were filed on this route. I looked through the commercial manuals on the desk and the surrounding desks and could not find the STAR page that states that prior authority/authorized is required for to conduct that STAR. It appears that no safeguards exist that would keep this from occurring again. Mr XXX at navigation data changed the idented routes to restr MD80's from calculating on that STAR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PLT CONTACTED HIS DISPATCHER TO NOTIFY HIM THAT HIS COMPANY FILED A ROUTING UTILIZING AN RNAV ARR. THIS WAS ILLEGAL, AS THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY NAV EQUIP.

Narrative: I RECEIVED A CALL FROM CAPT ON ACR JUL/SAT/98, ORD-YYC. HE RELAYED THAT ATC CANADA ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS FILED ON FMS STAR-THIRD-ARR AND HIS ACFT WAS NOT FMS EQUIPPED. I CALLED NAV DATA TO CORRECT THE PROB AND DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL ROUTES BOTH OUT OF DFW AND ORD TO YYC HAD THIS STAR AND WERE NOT RESTR TO FMS EQUIPPED ACFT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SEVERAL ACFT WERE FILED ON THIS RTE. I LOOKED THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL MANUALS ON THE DESK AND THE SURROUNDING DESKS AND COULD NOT FIND THE STAR PAGE THAT STATES THAT PRIOR AUTH IS REQUIRED FOR TO CONDUCT THAT STAR. IT APPEARS THAT NO SAFEGUARDS EXIST THAT WOULD KEEP THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. MR XXX AT NAV DATA CHANGED THE IDENTED ROUTES TO RESTR MD80'S FROM CALCULATING ON THAT STAR.

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.

Air carrier pilot contacted his dispatcher to notify him that his company filed a routing utilizing an RNAV arrival. This was illegal, as the aircraft was not equipped with the necessary navigation equipment.