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Captain of a B737-200 found an incorrect flight release due to WX reports and forecast of the destination airport during preflight. Had dispatcher correct release prior to takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426300 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fai |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 4250 |
| ASRS Report | 426300 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight was released to destination with WX and forecast below minimums. Captain discussed error and corrected before takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737-200 FOUND AN INCORRECT FLT RELEASE DUE TO WX RPTS AND FORECAST OF THE DEST ARPT DURING PREFLT. HAD DISPATCHER CORRECT RELEASE PRIOR TO TKOF.
Narrative: FLT WAS RELEASED TO DEST WITH WX AND FORECAST BELOW MINIMUMS. CAPT DISCUSSED ERROR AND CORRECTED BEFORE TKOF.
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.