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A B757 en route to bos from bda experiences thunderstorm activity along the airway, A22. Repetitive calls to commercial radio for route deviation approval engender only 'stand by' responses. After emergency declared the flight resumes course. ARTCC never got the request for deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 409009 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ack |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 41000 msl bound upper : 41000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute airway : a22 enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 409009 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance non adherence other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Frequency/altitude: 113.96 HF, FL410. ATC facility: ny commercial radio. Location: 80 mi ssw slatn. Flying bda-bos on direct routing targa to scupp at FL410, saw some WX on radar about 60 mi ssw slatn and requested deviation 20 mi east of course for WX. Ny commercial radio took the request and told us to stand by. As we got closer we repeated our request as we had not received our deviation clearance yet. We were told to stand by again. Just south of buildups we called ny commercial radio again and told them that I was exercising captain's emergency authority/authorized and deviating east of course. Commercial radio rogered it and told us to report back on course. We flew about 15 mi east around the WX and then returned onto course and then informed commercial radio. They rogered our communication and told us to contact ZNY about our deviation. I called them after we landed in boston and they told me that there had been no conflicts but that they had never received the deviation request.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 ENRTE TO BOS FROM BDA EXPERIENCES TSTM ACTIVITY ALONG THE AIRWAY, A22. REPETITIVE CALLS TO COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR RTE DEV APPROVAL ENGENDER ONLY 'STAND BY' RESPONSES. AFTER EMER DECLARED THE FLT RESUMES COURSE. ARTCC NEVER GOT THE REQUEST FOR DEV.
Narrative: FREQ/ALT: 113.96 HF, FL410. ATC FACILITY: NY COMMERCIAL RADIO. LOCATION: 80 MI SSW SLATN. FLYING BDA-BOS ON DIRECT ROUTING TARGA TO SCUPP AT FL410, SAW SOME WX ON RADAR ABOUT 60 MI SSW SLATN AND REQUESTED DEV 20 MI E OF COURSE FOR WX. NY COMMERCIAL RADIO TOOK THE REQUEST AND TOLD US TO STAND BY. AS WE GOT CLOSER WE REPEATED OUR REQUEST AS WE HAD NOT RECEIVED OUR DEV CLRNC YET. WE WERE TOLD TO STAND BY AGAIN. JUST S OF BUILDUPS WE CALLED NY COMMERCIAL RADIO AGAIN AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS EXERCISING CAPT'S EMER AUTH AND DEVIATING E OF COURSE. COMMERCIAL RADIO ROGERED IT AND TOLD US TO RPT BACK ON COURSE. WE FLEW ABOUT 15 MI E AROUND THE WX AND THEN RETURNED ONTO COURSE AND THEN INFORMED COMMERCIAL RADIO. THEY ROGERED OUR COM AND TOLD US TO CONTACT ZNY ABOUT OUR DEV. I CALLED THEM AFTER WE LANDED IN BOSTON AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO CONFLICTS BUT THAT THEY HAD NEVER RECEIVED THE DEV REQUEST.
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.